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Should psychiatrists physically restrain patients ?

What is it about?

Psychiatrists and therapists build relationships with patients through talking and listening. Physically restraining patients violates this relationship and substitutes ‘ might makes right’ . This undermines trust in the relationship

Why is it important?

Therapeutic relationships depend on trust and the patient’s ability to disagree with their psychiatrists opinions. When the patients are physically restrained by their psychiatrists and therapists, it violates this contract and takes away the basis for the therapeutic relationship

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