Restraint and Seclusion Links

National Technical Assistance Center of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (also known as: NTAC and NASMHPD) http://www.nasmhpd.org/ntac.cfm. There are lots of good publications on R/S and coercion and violence free mental health services.
For a series of articles on R/S: nasmhpd.com publications and
http://www.nasmhpd.org/publicationsOTA.cfm

“Roadmap to Seclusion and Restraint Free Mental Health Services”. This is a 2-day free training curriculum on how mental health providers can reduce and eventually eliminate the use of R/S. Peer advocates played a major role in writing this national curriculum. http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/sma06-4055/

Department of Mental Health - www.mass.gov/dmh
Click on left (under Initiatives) Restraint/Seclusion Elimination Initiative
     R/S Regulations(pg. 18-26):
     http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dmh/regs/reg_104cmr27.pdf
      R/S Policy
     http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dmh/policy/policy_07_02.pdf

National Center for Trauma Informed Care. http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/nctic/

“Paving New Ground: Peers Working in Inpatient Settings” Manual developed by peers nationally who are involved in the development of these roles.

Bluebird Consultants. Gayle Bluebird has lived experience with a mental health condition and has worked nationally to helped hospitals reduce their use of R/S. Her publications include articles on comfort rooms, participatory dialogues, and using art to recover.
http://www.bluebirdconsultants.com/
http://www.bluebirdconsultants.com/index_files/Page1029.htm

Witness Justice. This organization focuses on help and healing for victims of violence.
http://www.witnessjustice.org/

The 2 Massachusetts organizations listed below do investigations on allegations of abuse and neglect, including complaints around the use of restraint/seclusion:

     Disability Law Center
     http://www.dlc-ma.org/
     11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
     Boston, Massachusetts, 02108
     617) 723-8455 / (800) 872-9992 Voice
     (617) 227-9464 / (800) 381-0577 TTY

     Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
     http://www.mass.gov/mhlac/
     399 Washington Street, 4th floor
     Boston, MA, 02108
     617-338-2345
     MHLAC@mhlac.org

Hartford Courant “Deadly Restraint: A 5 Part Series” http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB/1998hartfordcourant.html

Public Conversations Project http://www.publicconversations.org/pcp/pcp.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Restraint/Seclusion Resources
http://www.samhsa.gov/matrix2/seclusion_matrix.aspx

www.recoverynotrestraints.org in memory of Jeffery Christopher. Read about the reality of restraints, real stories, alternatives, and opporitunities to share your stories and thoughts.

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Alliance to Present Restraint, Aversion Intervention and Seclusion has a media tool kit to help you share your story with the media. Focus is on on families and children. http://aprais.tash.org/toolkit.htm