An investigation on attitudes towards the use of coercion and mechanical restraint says it is possible to change the staff attitudes towards the use of coercion, e.g. mechanical restraint, through activating, diverse, and involving teaching. The staff in the research (122 staff members in total) received 6 hours of education, in how to prevent physical coercive interventions and even this intervention was enough to show positive results. However, the research reminds that many factors influence the change in staff attitudes in “the real world”, as the culture they come from, and return to after the education, the quality of planning the education, the qualifications of the teacher, etc. Still, it is definitely worth trying.
European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
ENUSP gives users and survivors of psychiatric services across Europe a way to communicate so that we can support one other in the personal, political, and social struggle against injustice and discrimination.
We are the only grassroots umbrella organization working across Europe to unite local and national organizations of (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry.
We directly represent the views of people who are or have been on the receiving end of psychiatric services.