Implications for practice and research

• To improve the outcome of physical restraints programmes, a broader reduction prediction model must be created to capture contextual factors such as admission rate and level of violence influencing the use of coercive measure in the mental health settings.

• Interventions such as ‘REsTrain YOURSELF’ empowers mental healthcare professionals and personnel in mental health settings to assume ownership of changes in their wards and engages service-users through informed practice and patient-centered approaches.

Context

Coercive interventions including physical and chemical restraints are universally used to prevent psychiatric patients to harm themselves or others. However, the use of coercive …