Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. Subscribe to our ...

This large-scale quality improvement project across 55 mental health wards tested Board Relay, Zonal Observations, and Life ...

Practices such seclusion and restraint in mental health centres have fallen to the lowest level since national reporting began. A report from watchdog, the Mental Health Commission, looked at the use ...