Citation

Berring LL, Hummelvoll JK, Pedersen L, Buus N. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2016; 37(7): 451-463.

Affiliation

d University of Sydney and St. Vincent Private Hospital Sydney, Faculty of Nursing , Sydney , Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/01612840.2016.1154628

PMID

27070499

Abstract

De-escalation is concerned with managing violent behaviour without resorting to coercive measures. Co-operative Inquiry provided the conceptual basis for generating knowledge regarding de-escalation practices in acute mental health care settings. The research included service users and staff members as co-researchers and knowledge was generated in dynamic research cycles around an extended epistemology of knowing: experiential, presentational, propositional, and practical. Through this process, co-researchers became de-escalation learners, implementing de-escalation practices while transforming violence management. Neighbouring mental health communities' involvement strengthened the transformation process and assisted in validating the research results.

Language: en