BackgroundIn-patients in crisis report poor experiences of mental healthcare not conducive
to recovery. Concerns include coercion by staff, fear of assault from other patients, lack of …

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

PURPOSE: This study explored psychiatric inpatients' experiences of, and their suggestions
for, improvement of seclusion/restraint, and alternatives to their use in Finland. METHODS …

Background Seclusion and restraint are interventions currently permitted for use in mental
health services to control or manage a person's behaviour. In Australia, serious concerns …

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 …

This article is a critical methodological reflection on the use of interpretive
phenomenological analysis (IPA) initiated in the context of a qualitative research project on …

The use of patient restrictions (eg involuntary admission, seclusion, restraint) is a complex
ethical dilemma in psychiatric care. The present study explored nurses'(n= 22) and …

Objective: This systematic review presents evidence regarding factors that may influence the
patient's subjective experience of an episode of mechanical restraint, seclusion, or forced …

Setting META Services (now Recovery Innovations) is a mental health agency that provides
a range of mental health recovery-oriented services. At the time of this study, two crisis …

Objective: To examine debriefing data to understand experiences before, during, and after a
restraint (seclusion, chemical, and physical) event from the perspective of inpatients at a …