Forensic Mental Health Research Unit (RFM)
Middelfart, Denmark
Pårørende i psykiatrien – Viden, virkelighed og nye perspektiver Center for Psykiatrisk Sygepleje og Sundhedsforskning (CPS) og Retspsykiatrisk Forskningsenhed Middelfart (RFM) inviterer til konference. DATO: tirsdag d. 17. marts 2026 TID: Kl.9.00-15.30 STED: Severin, Skovsvinget 25, Middelfart PRIS: 850 kr. More information in Danish here
Birkeland, Søren LLM, PhD1,2; Gildberg, Frederik Alkier PhD1; Tingleff, Ellen Boldrup PhD1; Pedersen, Martin Locht RN1; Lindekilde, Camilla MSc1,3; Morsø, Lars PhD2,4; Bogh, Søren Bie PhD2,4. Perceptions Among Mental Health Professionals Regarding the Intrusiveness of Coercive Measures: A Danish Regional Survey. Journal of Forensic Nursing 21(2):p 120-127, 4/6 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000524 Background: Although hotly … Read more
Pedersen ML, Bricca A, Baker J, Schjerning O, Munk-Olsen T, Gildberg FA. (2025) Ethnic disparities in rapid tranquillisation use and justifications in adult mental health inpatient settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Ment Health. 2025 Jan 12;28(1):e301399. doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301399. PMID: 39805639.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more