TY - JOUR
T1 - A Co-operative Inquiry Into Generating, Describing, and Transforming Knowledge About De-escalation Practices in Mental Health Settings
AU - Berring, Lene Lauge
AU - Hummelvoll, Jan Kåre
AU - Pedersen, Liselotte
AU - Buus, Niels
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Aggression/psychology
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Disorders/nursing
KW - Psychiatric Nursing/education
KW - Violence/prevention & control
U2 - 10.3109/01612840.2016.1154628
DO - 10.3109/01612840.2016.1154628
M3 - Article
C2 - 27070499
VL - 37
SP - 451
EP - 463
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
SN - 0161-2840
IS - 7
ER -