Objectives Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication
errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated …

Seclusion is now widely recognized as a coercive strategy with negative consequences for
the consumers and staff involved. Nevertheless, this intervention continues to be used …

Background Mental health nurses are exposed to patient aggression, and required to
manage and de-escalate aggressive incidents; coercive measures such as restraint and …

Seclusion with or without restraint is a measure for managing aggressive or agitated clients
and promoting site security, particularly in an emergency psychiatric setting. The decision to …

Accessible summary The findings revealed that the patients perceived seclusion as an
intervention that is punitive and a means used by the staff to exert control. Patients perceived …

BackgroundSpecial observation (the allocation of nurses to watch over nominated patients)
is one means by which psychiatric services endeavour to keep in-patients safe from harm …

PURPOSE: To identify interventions preventing mechanical restraints. DESIGN AND
METHODS: Systematic review of international research papers dealing with mechanical …

Since its development, there has been growing utilization of the Safewards package of
interventions to reduce conflict and containment in acute mental health wards. The current …

farrell ga, shafiei t. & salmon p.(2010) Facing up to 'challenging behaviour': a model for
training in staff–client interaction. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66 (7), 1422–1434. Abstract …

This hermeneutic phenomenological study illustrates the value of key aspects of
interpretative hermeneutics for illuminating the time shared between patients and students in …