In so many cases, the first response is restraint. The appropriate response should always start with deescalation. There are some mental health professionals who are very good at this, but unfortunately- its not enough of them, and it needs to be more. Video description: person with short brown hair wearing black short looks at camera shocked. Text reads: the psych hospital tried deescalation before jumping to restraint? I didn’t know they knew how to do that. [end video description] [hashtags]