❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓ We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint. How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇

Lewys spoke at our Open Forum a few months ago. Lewys is looking at how service users and carers should be supported after restraint on a psychiatric ward, and wants to hear from those with lived experience. If you would like to get involved see the post below. #mentalhealth

“From 24-hour blanket surveillance to physical or chemical restraint, all too often the structures of mainstream mental health care mirror the violence and harms of policing – and these too tend to fall hardest on Black people.”

Hello inpatient mental health staff👋 As part of the study down there👇👇 we'd also like to hear the views of #inpatient #mentalhealth staff on how to support service users and carers after #restraint. Interested in taking part❓ Know someone who might be❓ Details here 👇

#Black communities & #health #research. The importance of inclusion in #advisory roles & setting agendas onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) #openaccess #mentalhealth

‘#MHnurses: one of the largest occupations employed in acute #MH settings & have a critical role in supporting trauma‐informed care’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/1… Trauma‐informed care in acute mental health units through the lifeworld of mental health nurses: A phenomenological study

Excited delirium, a controversial and disputed term, has been cited in many cases of deaths under restraint, including in mental health services. Very interesting programme on the origins of the “junk science” term. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Thanks 🙏 to matthew mckenzie FRSA BEM for blogging about this research opportunity for service users and unpaid carers. Share your views on how service users and carers can be supported after coercive practice e.g. #restraint on mental health wards. caringmindblog.com/2024/01/08/sup… 👇👇👇

I recently had a paper published by the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, about my experiences of harm in mental health services; how this caused me to self-discharge; and my life now as a "service-avoider". It's available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jp…

❓Are you a man🙋‍♂️with experience of admission to a mental health ward and coercive practices e.g. physical restraint, forced medication? As part of this study 👇we'd like to hear your views on what support is needed after a restraint on a ward.

📣Calling Inpatient Mental Health Nurses this #MHNursesDay We want to hear your views on supporting service users after a restraint. ✅Take part in this study ✅Help to improve the care we deliver

Don't miss World Health Organization (WHO)'s #QualityRights 2024 training webinar series to eliminate coercive practices in #MentalHealth! Explore solutions to eliminate coercion, respect will & preferences & safeguard human rights. Register for the kick-off webinar: tinyurl.com/4rmcuuzx

Very pleased to see our latest paper published on the Implementation of body/worn cameras in mental health services. Great work by ⁦Una Foye⁩ and team, including lived experience researchers. Thanks to ⁦Maudsley Charity⁩ ⁦Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's 💙⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📢 As the deadline for submissions approaches, we invite you to enter the Seni Lewis Award. Showcase your impactful partnership between police and #MentalHealth services. Don't miss this opportunity! Submit your entry: ow.ly/czNg50QUlCR Patient Safety Congress & Awards

📢Last call for mental health ward staff Please contribute to this #research on how service users should be supported after coercive practice e.g. restraint, forced medications or seclusion. ✅1 x online interview ✅All roles/ professional groups welcome Contact details below

Do you have experience of mental health wards as a service user? Share your views on what support after coercive practice e.g. restraint, on wards should look like. Online Focus Group, 90 minutes. Please get in touch via the details below 🙏

De-implementation to reduce coercive practices in mental health care - The Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/journals/lanps…