Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Psychiatric patients have generally
negative experiences of being exposed to coercive measures. Existing research has …

Mental health inpatient units are complex and challenging environments for care and
treatment. Two imperatives in these settings are to minimize restrictive practices such as …

Restrictive practices continue to be used in mental health care despite increasing
recognition of their harms and an international effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate their …

Restrictive practices are used in response to conflict and aggression in psychiatric inpatient
settings. Reducing such practices is the focus internationally of policy and legislative …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Coercive interventions (CI) in
emergency psychiatry face increasing criticism, as they can be an emotional, even traumatic …

BACKGROUND: Crisis Concordat was established to improve outcomes for people
experiencing a mental health crisis. The Crisis Concordat sets out four stages of the crisis …

Introduction Aggression and violence are highly complex problems in acute psychiatry that
often lead to the coercive interventions. The Safewards Model is an evidence-informed …

Empathy is a central component of nurse–consumer relationships. In the present study, we
investigated how empathy is developed and maintained when there is conflict between …

BackgroundStakeholders worldwide increasingly acknowledge the need to address
coercive practices in mental healthcare. Options have been described and evaluated in …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Restraint has negative psychological,
physical and relational consequences for mental health patients and staff. Restraint …