Objectives Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication
errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated …

Inpatient psychiatric care requires a balance between working with consumers' priorities and
goals, managing expectations of the community, legal, professional and service …

The discourse of safety has informed the care of individuals with mental illness through
institutionalization and into modern psychiatric nursing practices. Confinement arose from …

Seclusion and mechanical restraint are restrictive interventions that should be used only as
a last resort and for the shortest possible time, yet little is known about duration of use in the …

The principles of least restrictive care and recovery‐focused practice are promoted as
contemporary practice in the care of individuals with mental ill health, underpinning …

Aim To identify, critically evaluate, and synthesise the empirical evidence about therapeutic
leave from mental health inpatient settings. Background “Leave” occurs when a mental …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Absconding refers to patients leaving
psychiatric hospitals in an unexpected and/or unauthorized way and is often recognized as …

Background Hospitalization is often necessary for individuals with Bipolar affective Disorder
(BAD) during severe manic or depressive episodes, as well as for stabilizing treatment …

Although absconsion from secure forensic settings is uncommon, it can have serious
consequences for the patient, the hospital, and the public. To assess risk of absconding in …

All critical incidents between 2003 and 2015 relating to leave episodes from the High
Security Inpatient Services, Brisbane, Australia were audited. The audit found that since …