❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓ We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint. How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇

Lewys spoke at our Open Forum a few months ago. Lewys is looking at how service users and carers should be supported after restraint on a psychiatric ward, and wants to hear from those with lived experience. If you would like to get involved see the post below. #mentalhealth

❓Are you a man🙋‍♂️with experience of admission to a mental health ward and coercive practices e.g. physical restraint, forced medication? As part of this study 👇we'd like to hear your views on what support is needed after a restraint on a ward.

📣Calling Inpatient Mental Health Nurses this #MHNursesDay We want to hear your views on supporting service users after a restraint. ✅Take part in this study ✅Help to improve the care we deliver

Don't miss World Health Organization (WHO)'s #QualityRights 2024 training webinar series to eliminate coercive practices in #MentalHealth! Explore solutions to eliminate coercion, respect will & preferences & safeguard human rights. Register for the kick-off webinar: tinyurl.com/4rmcuuzx

Very pleased to see our latest paper published on the Implementation of body/worn cameras in mental health services. Great work by ⁦Una Foye⁩ and team, including lived experience researchers. Thanks to ⁦Maudsley Charity⁩ ⁦@KingsNursing⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📢 As the deadline for submissions approaches, we invite you to enter the Seni Lewis Award. Showcase your impactful partnership between police and #MentalHealth services. Don't miss this opportunity! Submit your entry: ow.ly/czNg50QUlCR Patient Safety Congress & Awards

📢Last call for mental health ward staff Please contribute to this #research on how service users should be supported after coercive practice e.g. restraint, forced medications or seclusion. ✅1 x online interview ✅All roles/ professional groups welcome Contact details below

Do you have experience of mental health wards as a service user? Share your views on what support after coercive practice e.g. restraint, on wards should look like. Online Focus Group, 90 minutes. Please get in touch via the details below 🙏

De-implementation to reduce coercive practices in mental health care - The Lancet Psychiatry thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

"If you're from a community where people don't openly talk about their mental health problems, it invariably does attract a lot of stigma" Dr Juliana Onwumere on getting #MentalHealth support to underserved Black communities BBC London: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Thoroughly enjoyed our workshop at the Restraint Reduction Network conference today. Great discussions on how we can support people who have experienced coercive practice in mental health wards. #RRNConf24

Mental health service users often report an absence of support after experiencing coercive practices (e.g. #restraint) on #mentalhealth wards. We want to change this. Help shape support for service users exposed to restraint. More information here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F

🚩Coercive practices (e.g. physical restraint) on mental health wards can have lasting harmful effects for service users. Service user, carer or inpatient staff member? Share your views and help shape the support available after restraint. More info. 👇 forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F

❓Have you or someone you know experienced #restraint on a #mentalhealth ward❓ We’re working to improve support for those impacted by coercive practices. Help us make a difference. See the poster 👇 for more info. And register here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F

📢New article: My Week of Denial and Disorientation: A Lived Experience Narrative of a Stay in a Psychiatric Emergency Department - Hudson - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jp…