Objectives The literature on patient safety in psychiatry has not been explored systematically
in terms of what interventions are used, how they are used, and what type of (preventable) …

Aims and objectives To explore how nurses influence the perceptions and experience of
safety among consumers who have been admitted to an acute mental health unit …

Background Mental health services worldwide are under strain from a combination of
unprecedented demand, workforce reconfigurations, and government austerity measures …

Introduction Patient safety problems stemming from healthcare delivery constitute a global
public health concern and represent a pervasive barrier to improving care quality and …

In psychiatry, clustered safety incidents are often attributed to behavioural contagion.
Drawing on Kindermann and Skinner's conceptual work in our analysis of staff accounts, we …

Background Service user and carer perspectives on safety issues in mental health services
are not well known and may be important in preventing and reducing harm. The …

Introduction Healthcare complaints are underutilized for quality improvement in general
practice. Systematic analysis of complaints has identified hot spots (areas across the care …

Background Historically, safety mental health research has tended to focus on risks of
homicide, suicide and deaths. Although wider safety issues are now recognized in regards …

Background Suicide is a major public health issue (WHO, Citation 2014) with more than
800,000 people taking their own lives worldwide per year. This loss of life has devastating …

The study aimed to explore mental health professionals' perceptions of patient safety issues
across community and inpatient mental health services. Fourteen mental health …