Aim This systematic review aimed to identify, describe and evaluate questionnaires
measuring health professionals' attitudes towards restraints in mental healthcare. Design A …

Objective Research on coercion in mental healthcare has recently shifted to the
investigation of subjective aspects, both on the side of the people with mental disorders …

Background: Management of challenging behaviour causes victimization and violates the
human rights of service users in psychiatric and long-term settings for people having mental …

Patients' challenging behaviour and the measures taken to control this endanger patient
safety in clinical contexts and may violate patients' human rights. From a staff perspective …

Background Coercive measures are associated with negative consequences for both
patients and hospital staff. The aim of the study was to identify predictors for the use of …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? A relevant number of restraint
prevention programmes have been developed internationally. In Spain, there is no …

Purpose To explore mental health staff's responses towards interventions designed to
reduce the use of mechanical restraint (MR) in adult mental health inpatient settings …

Safety incidents for patients and staff have been recognised during seclusion and restraint
events in psychiatric inpatient care. This study aimed to identify safety incidents and their …

Die Anwendung von Zwangsmaßnahmen (ZM) in der Psychiatrie stellt für Patient* innen
eine Einschränkung ihrer Persönlichkeitsrechte dar, kann auch posttraumatische Symptome …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject Seclusion is used frequently in
psychiatric care, despite its potential adverse effects. Several programmes aiming to reduce …