Children's psychiatric ward report raises restraint concerns

The inspection of the Melville Unit in Edinburgh was the first in a series of visits to psychiatric wards ordered following ...
BMJ Open

Examining the role of staff and team communication in reducing seclusion, restraint and forced tranquilisation in acute inpatient mental health settings: protocol for the ...

Introduction Over 100 000 service users are admitted to acute mental health wards annually, many involuntarily. Wards are under incredible pressure due to high bed occupancy rates and staff shortages.
Reuters

New Zealander's death puts mental patients' restraint in Japan under spotlight

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese campaign group whose members include lawyers and academics called on Wednesday for a change in psychiatric hospitals' practice of putting patients under prolonged ...
Malay Mail on MSN

Singapore hospital patient snatches auxiliary police officer’s gun in dramatic bid to flee ward

S INGAPORE, Oct 30 — A 20-year-old woman admitted to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) in Singapore for self-harm tried ...