Restraint in mental health hospitals: what families want staff to understand

By Elaine Craig, Lecturer specialising in Violence, Abuse and Mental Health, Manchester Metropolitan University

A mother discovered her son was restrained 33 times in six weeks. Another was told her distressed daughter is “aggressive” as six staff pin her to the floor and inject her with medication. Through tears, families describe images they cannot forget: bruises, broken bones, loved ones left sitting in urine-soaked clothes, isolated and afraid.

These are recent experiences shared by family carers supporting relatives with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions in mental health hospitals.…

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