How to improve clinical practice on involuntary hospital admissions of psychiatric patients: suggestions from the EUNOMIA study.

Number and procedures of involuntary hospital admissions vary in Europe according to the different socio-cultural contexts. The European Commission has funded the EUNOMIA study in 12 European countries in order to develop European recommendations for good clinical practice in involuntary hospital admissions. The recommendations have been developed with the direct and active involvement of national leaders and key professionals, who worked out national recommendations, subsequently summarized into a European document, through the use of specific categories.

[Practice recommendation for administering mechanical restraint during acute psychiatric hospitalization].

Objective: One aim of the multi-site EUNOMIA-project was to establish a European recommendation for the best clinical practice of administering coercive measures. This article reports the results on mechanical restraint.

Methods: Local expert groups in 11 countries worked out their recommendations mostly in semi-structured group discussions.