inpatient mental health units – A New Vision for Mental Health

Open-door policy versus treatment-as-usual in urban psychiatric inpatient wards: a pragmatic, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial in Norway

Author: Editorial 11th March 2024 0 Comments

The abstract of this trial has been published in The Lancet Psychiatry: “Background Open-door policy is a recommended framework to reduce coercion in psychiatric wards. However, existing observational data might not fully capture potential increases in harm and use of coercion…
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a coherent system

coercion, in-patient experiences, inpatient mental health units, Norway, psychiatry, Research, The Lancet Psychiatry

Trauma informed care on acute inpatient units: reducing self harm and restrictive practices

Author: Editorial 19th October 2023 0 Comments

This research article by Kirsten Lawson has been published on The Mental Elf website. It begins: “The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) is now 4 years old and within it there was laid out a 10-year plan for mental health services to be…
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collaborative practice

acute inpatient psychiatric units, inpatient mental health units, Kirsten Lawson, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Team Formulation and Psychological Stabilisation intervention, The Mental Elf, trauma, trauma-informed approaches

Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns

Author: Editorial 25th May 2023 0 Comments

Rebecca Thomas reports for The Independent: “Mental health hospitals for children are making patients worse, a major charity has found, as more than half of those they treat report negative experiences. Britain’s child inpatient mental health units are being used as…
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a coherent system

children and adolescents, coercive psychiatry, in-patient experiences, inpatient mental health units, Rebecca Thomas, restraint, The Independent