Chapter 26: Minimising violence and related harms

1. An example of an internal factor (Nijman et al. 1999, Duxbury 2002) of violence and aggression is ___

  1. Lack of privacy
  2. Mental Health issue
  3. Being denied access to certain items of one’s own property
  4. A ‘blanket rule’ of ‘lights-out’ at 22.30

Answer: B

2. An example of an external factor (Nijman et al. 1999, Duxbury 2002) example of violence and aggression is ___.

  1. Hearing voices
  2. Experience of trauma
  3. Being denied access to one’s bedroom between 10.00 and 18.00
  4. Age of patient

Answer: C

3. What is an Advance Directive?

  1. A document detailing a patient’s preference for treatment and way of being nursed, in the event of a future incapacitating psychiatric crisis
  2. When a next of kin takes autonomy over a patient’s treatment
  3. A document detailing a psychiatrist’s recommendations of treatment, in the event of a future incapacitating psychiatric crisis of a patient
  4. A document patients are required to complete prior to discharge from an inpatient service

Answer: A

4. Which of the following is not included as one of Huckshorn’s (2004) Six Core Strategies©?

  1. ‘Last Resort’
  2. Use of data to inform practice
  3. Service User role in organisation
  4. Leadership towards organisational change

Answer: A

5. TIC (in the context of Restrictive Practice) stands for ___.

  1. Trauma In Care
  2. Treatment In Care
  3. Treated Inpatient Community
  4. Trauma Informed Care

Answer: D

6. REsTRAIN YOURSELF was the adaptation of Huckshorn’s (2004) Six Core Strategies©, in which country?

  1. USA
  2. UK
  3. UAE
  4. Sweden

Answer: B

7. Which specific type of restraint have some groups contentiously called to ban?

  1. Supine
  2. Seated
  3. Prone
  4. Escort

Answer: C