Aim. Despite the poor evidence supporting the use of coercive procedures in psychiatry
wards and their “psychological damage” on patients, the practice of restraint is still frequent …

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 Physical restraint is a coercive intervention used to prevent individuals from
harming themselves or others. However, serious adverse effects have been reported …

Setting META Services (now Recovery Innovations) is a mental health agency that provides
a range of mental health recovery-oriented services. At the time of this study, two crisis …

Background: Sedation, seclusion or restraint are recognized methods of containing a person
experiencing an acute psychotic episode with behavioural disturbance which has not …

Accessible summary• An extensive review of empirical literature (n= 39) on patient and staff
perceptions of seclusion in psychiatric inpatient settings was undertaken.• Patients …

There is a need for novel methods to treat violence and the threat of violence on psychiatric
wards. Violence is a complex phenomenon that needs to be met with a multiprofessional …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Coercive practices such as restraint
(physically holding a person) or seclusion (containing a person in locked room) are …

Background Although the authors of a Cochrane Review on seclusion and mechanical
restraint concluded that" there is a surprising and shocking lack of published trials" on …

Objective To investigate the incidence of coercive measures in standard psychiatric care in
different psychiatric hospitals. Methods We developed a common documentation of …