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New article: Tina Kirstine Vestphal, Frederik A. Gildberg, Rikke Jørgensen, Sara Rowaert, Ellen Boldrup Tingleff (2024) Family caregiver involvement in forensic mental health care – A qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ perceptions.

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Abolition of coercion in mental health services – a European survey of feasibility

Søren Birkeland, Tilman Steinert, Richard Whittington, Frederik Gildberg (2024) Abolition of coercion in mental health services – a European survey of feasibility. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Volume 94, doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101992. ABSTRACTBackground: In 2019, the Council of Europe agreed to urge member states to take steps toward total abolition of psychiatric coercive measures.Aims: To test …

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Mental health patients’ preferences regarding restrictive interventions: An integrative review

Lindekilde, C. R., Pedersen, M. L., Birkeland, S., Hvidhjelm, J., Baker, J. & Gildberg, F., (2024) Mental Health Patients’ Preferences Regarding Restrictive Interventions: an Integrative Review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (E-pub ahead of print). AbstractIntroduction: The use of restrictive interventions is a violation of patients’ rights thatcauses physical and psychological harm and which is a well-known challenge globally.Mental health …

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Staff responses to interventions aiming to reduce mechanical restraint inadult mental health inpatient settings: a questionnaire-based survey

Pedersen, M. L., Gildberg, F., Bogh, S. B., Birkeland, S. & Tingleff, E., 2024, Staff responses to interventions aiming to reduce mechanical restraint in adult mental health inpatient settings: a questionnaire-based survey. (E-pub ahead of print) I: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. ABSTRACTPurpose: To explore mental health staff’s responses towards interventions designed to reduce the useof mechanical restraint (MR) in adult mental health inpatient …

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New article published: Tilting at Windmills

Tina Kirstine Vestphal , Ellen Boldrup Tingleff , Rikke Jørgensen , Sara Rowaert & Frederik Alkier Gildberg (2024) Tilting at Windmills – A Qualitative Study about Family Caregiver Interactions and Perceptions in Forensic Mental Health Care, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2024.2308544 ABSTRACTIn forensic mental health care (FMHC), family caregivers perceive themselves as burdened in their relationships with the service user (the family member with mental illness) and by difficult collaboration with …

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#WardSonar report published

Today we publish our @NIHRresearch report on #WardSonar the 1st attempt to ask patients on acute mental health wards to measure and report changes in perceptions of safety in real-time. The details of which can be found here. We have deepened our understanding of the co-design of digital interventions, explored milieu and contagion, and been able …

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