Mechanical restraints are most often used in circumstances where behaviours are believed
to be a threat to the welfare and safety of others or the individual him or herself. However …

Objective. To examine psychiatric patients' experience of mechanical restraints and to
describe the care the patients received. Background. All around the world, threats and …

Aim To evaluate patterns of physical restraint across a mental health trust. Introduction
Physical restraint has historically been used to manage mental health crises; however there …

Background: Psychiatric nurses are regularly confronted with the uses and effects of control
interventions such as mechanical restraints. Although there are evident tensions in the …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Sometimes someone needs to be in
hospital because they are struggling with their mental health and need some extra support …

Background Physical restraint in psychiatric units is a common practice but extremely
controversial and poorly evaluated by methodologically appropriate investigations. The …

Restrictive interventions (RI), such as physical restraint, seclusion, and rapid tranquilization,
can have negative psychological effects on service users; however, there has been little …

Previous research about the use of restraints has mainly sought generalizations regarding
(a) who is likely to be restrained,(b) the frequency of the use of restraints, and (c) the …

During the past thirty years, there has been increasing concern regarding physical restraint
and its association with death, injury, pain and emotional upset. Internationally there has …

This thesis addresses the mechanical restraint (MR) of adult psychiatric inpatients. I have
dealt with this phenomenon for many years, first as a nurse in acute psychiatry later as a …