What is it about?
Seclusion was created out of a desire to free patients from mechanical restraints and other inhumane treatments of the day. This paper examines the emergence of seclusion as a part of the non-restraint movement.
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Why is it important?
Seclusion remains a controversial practice today, and over recent years, there have been initiatives in the UK seeking to assess its efficacy and reduce it use.
Perspectives
All restrictive interventions in mental health should be seen in the context within which they have arisen and operate. It is important to reduce the use of restrictive interventions of all types in mental health.
Dr Faisil N Sethi
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
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This page is a summary of: Seclusion: the untold legacy of the non-restraint movement in the UK, Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, April 2018, NAPICU (National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units),
DOI: 10.20299/jpi.2018.006.
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