New article: The Forensic Humor Project

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…

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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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.

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…