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Novel Approaches Needed: An Experimental Study with an Alternative to Mechanical Restraint.
Healthcare (Basel)
August 2024
Centres for Psychiatry Suedwuerttemberg, Psychiatry Biberach, Paracelsusweg 3, 88400 Biberach, Germany.
Article Synopsis
- Despite efforts to reduce mechanical restraint in healthcare, it remains common, with patient interviews highlighting it as a highly humiliating experience.
- A new method using 30 kg bags attached to a patient's wrist or ankle was tested as a less humiliating alternative, receiving positive feedback from patients who had experienced mechanical restraint.
- Nurses expressed concerns about safety, including risks of falls and potential misuse of the bags as weapons, suggesting that further development is needed to ensure the method effectively replaces mechanical restraints without introducing new forms of coercion.
Physical Harm and Death in the Context of Coercive Measures in Psychiatric Patients: A Systematic Review.
Front Psychiatry
June 2019
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Ulm University (Weissenau), Ulm, Germany.
For centuries coercive measures in psychiatry have been means of averting acute danger. It has been known for almost as long that these measures can lead to harm or even death to those affected. Over the past two decades the topic has increasingly been the subject of scientific discussion and research.
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