Background The culture of acute mental health wards is often dominated by medical models
of care despite some patient dissatisfaction with care in these settings and a demand for …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Aggression and violence are persistent
problems in psychiatric inpatient units. Violence preventive factors have been identified from …

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 …

From the perspective of psychiatric and mental health nurses in Sweden, this discussion
paper aims to position psychiatric and mental health nursing as a transformative force …

Aim To identify the factors influencing work engagement among psychiatric nurses.
Background Work engagement is an essential outcome that promotes nurses' performance …

Patients find forensic psychiatric care inadequate in that they are not treated as individuals
and not involved in their own care. The purpose of this study was to describe patients' …

Objective Coercion is a controversial issue in mental health care. Recent research highlights
that coercion is a relational phenomenon, although, it remains unclear how this …

Historically, nature has been considered central to healing and recovery in institutional
mental health settings, with inpatient spaces designed to mirror the restorative forces nature …

Increasing efforts are being made to prevent and/or eliminate the use of seclusion and
restraint in mental health facilities. Recent literature recognises the importance of the …

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 …