A patient regularly uses manipulation to control situations.Staff working to reduce this behavior should first convey the message that:

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The staff always must seek to convey acceptance of the patient because this is a building block for a therapeutic relationship.Inappropriate behaviors such as manipulation should be identified,their negative consequences to the patient should be discussed,and more adaptive behaviors should be substituted when the therapeutic relationship has been established.

A Patient Regularly Uses Manipulation to Control Situations