Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Care Settings: Understanding and Applying Low Arousal Approaches

A practical guide for health professionals and trainers, offering evidence-based low arousal approaches to defusing and managing aggressive behaviours in a variety of health care settings.

• Provides both an academic background and practical advice on how to manage and minimize confrontation
• Illustrates low arousal approaches and offers clear advice on physical restraint and the reduction of these methods
• Describes the evidence base for recommended approaches
• Includes a wide range of valuable case examples from a variety of care settings

Keywords: aggressive behavior, managing aggressive behavior, defusing aggressive behavior, low arousal approaches, aggression in healthcare settings, violence in healthcare settings, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology