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restraint Restraint is described here as a staff-led decision event during a behavioral crisis, not just an isolated act.

Restraint is described here as a staff-led decision event during a behavioral crisis, not just an isolated act. In this view, whether restraint happens is shaped by the surrounding context, staff thinking, and organizational conditions created by leadership, with outcomes feeding back into later practice.

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Drafting source: Sorensen Nicole. Leadership as decision architecture: an organizational framework for understanding and eliminating physical restraint in human services. 2026; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1889369; article XML SHA-256 e92d6777b61ce012490a47cfd0cba3cc1c8d72b05d745f6504349f069c0ad80f. “Leadership as decision architecture: an organizational framework for understanding and eliminating physical restraint in human services” (10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1889369).
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