Trauma-informed approaches emerged partly in response to research demonstrating that
trauma is widespread across society, that it is highly correlated with mental health and that …

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 …

Seclusion and restraint are coercive practices associated with physical and psychological
harm. International bodies have called for an end to these practices. However, these …

Trauma‐informed care is an approach to the delivery of mental health care based on an
awareness of the high prevalence of trauma in the lives of people accessing mental health …

Research on adverse childhood experiences is a key driver of trauma-informed approaches.
Instigated by Vincent Felitti in the USA in the 1990s, the first Adverse Childhood Experiences …

Background Restraints are likely to negatively affect patients' health and therefore a
reduction in their usage is recommended for all health-care settings. To date, research on …

Background: Physical restraint is among the commonly used methods for ensuring patient
safety in intensive care units. However, nurses usually experience ethical dilemmas over …

Abstract The Hearing Voices Movement is an international grassroots movement that aims to
shift public and professional attitudes toward experiences—such as hearing voices and …

Manual restraint is a hands‐on type of physical restraint used to prevent harm to service
users and staff, and to administer necessary treatments. This article reports on a review and …

Safewards is intended to be an evidence-based approach to reduce levels of conflict and
containment in mental health inpatient settings. A systematic review was carried out to …