Restraining good practice: Reviewing evidence of the effects of restraint from the perspective of service users and mental health professionals in the United Kingdom (UK)

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-26

  Cusack, P ^a   McAndrew, S ^b   Cusack, F ^b   Warne, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abusive practice; De escalation; Human rights; Mental health; Restraint; Safeguarding

Indexed keywords

FEAR; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGLECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ADULT; EXERCISE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84979468721     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.02.023     Document Type: Article

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