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My Week of Denial and Disorientation: A Lived Experience Narrative of a Stay in a Psychiatric Emergency Department

Background Psychiatric emergency departments (EDs) are common settings in which patients receive crisis care, yet their experiences in these environments remain understudied. Aim This lived experi...

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Seni's Law: preventing deaths from restraint in mental health settings | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing

After disproportionate force during restraint led to Seni’s death, his mum Aji made it her mission to protect mental health service users

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Sharing our review that suggests traumatic experiences in mental health inpatient settings - and far more insidious than just restrictive interventions - can worsen outcomes. We urge redesign of environment, processes and autonomy to improve care. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: Qualitative systematic review of international literature

Trauma has a well-established link with poor health outcomes. Adverse experiences in mental health inpatient settings contribute to such outcomes and …

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Coercive practices (e.g. physical restraint) on mental health wards can have lasting harmful effects for service users. Service user, carer or inpatient staff member? Share your views and help shape the support available after restraint. More info. 👇 forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F

Mental health service users often report an absence of support after experiencing coercive practices (e.g. restraint) on mental health wards. We want to change this. Help shape support for service users exposed to restraint. More information here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F

Certain ethnic minorities are at a greater risk of receiving restrictive practices than those from ethnic majoritet populations. Ensuring culturally appropriate care at all stages of mental health care may help reduce such ethnic disparities.

Culturally appropriate care and reduction of restrictive practices in mental health

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