The Importance Of Restraint And Seclusion Of The Mental...

TAQ3: The use of treatments such as restraint is permitted according to the Mental Health Act (1983), for treating individual suffering from mental health disorder (Mind, 2013). This law can be applied with or without the approval of the person involved as its ultimate goal is to prevent the person from harming himself or others (Royal College of Nursing, 2015). However, with recent incidence of injuries and even death that has occurred as a result of this kind of treatment has raised doubt in the minds of on an enormous number of people (Mind, 2013). The debate over whether it is morally or professionally right to use restraint as part of the treatment for individuals suffering from mental health issues remained unabated as a†¦show more content†¦The practice of restraint is more commonly used in acute setting compared to other mental health settings(City University, London, 2009) Argument from health professional is that the use restraint is very vital to their security especially in situations where a patient poses the risk of being a menace to himself or others around them (Psychiatric Times, 2015).A study has showed that the act of violence and aggression against patients and nursing staff is unbelievably rising, with about more than half of NHS staff nurses being violently assaulted by patients in ‘2013-14’ (Nice, 2015). Even though, most of these attacks do not normally result in major injuries, they have caused staff to experience severe anxiety, emotional traumas and in some case ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’ (City University, London, 2009). Against these facts, it is believed that the use of restraint, especially in an Acute setting, is essential and ethical (Psychiatric Times, 2015). However, research has shown that there is a correlation between staffs reaction towards mental health patients and the violent and aggress ive behaviour exhibited towards them. This typically occurs when patients feel they are being patronized, not made aware of what is going on around them and not treated well( Glover, 2005). With recent records of excessive and abusive use of restraint, there have beingShow MoreRelatedApplying Equity Theory to Staff Working with Individuals with Intellectual9188 Words   |  37 Pages1993). High levels of turnover (e.g., Test, Flowers, Hewitt, Solow, 2003) and low levels of interaction with service users (e.g., Cullen, Barton, Watts, Thomas, 1983) have also often been found amongst staff. *This manuscript was accepted under the Editorship of Roger J. Stancliffe. Correspondence: Philip Disley, Institute for Health Research, Alexandra Square, Lancaster University, Lancashire, LA1 4YT, UK. E-mail: p.disley@lancaster.ac.uk ISSN 1366-8250 print/ISSN 1469-9532 online  ª 2009 AustralasianRead MoreProject Managment Case Studies214937 Words   |  860 Pagespublication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4470, or on