A Nursing Perspective on Seclusion in Australia’s Mental Health System

Commentary: a British perspective on the use of restraint and seclusion in correctional mental health care.

Policy and practice in the safe management of disturbed and violent behavior as applied in USA and UK correctional facilities is examined in this article. Certain differences emerge and are discussed, particularly relating to physical restraint. The paucity of evidence to support particular interventions is highlighted through a review of a UK systematic analysis of world literature on best pra...

A Samoan perspective on infant mental health.

This paper describes background to the development of the relatively new field of infant mental health and why this may be important for Pacific communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) and elsewhere. There is a discussion of Samoan concepts and research that could inform infant mental health theory and practice. A Pacific home visiting programme based at Taeaomanino Trust in Porirua, Aotearoa/...

A Mental Health Perspective on Juvenile Justice

The consumer and family perspective on mental health system reform.

Ms. Flamino is the executive director of NAMI North Carolina. She can be reached at [email protected] or 309 W. Millbrook Road Ste. 121, Raleigh, NC 27609.Telephone: 919-788-0801. THROUGH ITS WELL-REGARDED public policy program, NAMI North Carolina (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of North Carolina) has been at the forefront in advocating mental health reform over the past several yea...

Mental Health Nursing

This article highlights a study into the effects of witnessing violence in a psychiatric hospital setting. The results show that the majority of respondents who had witnessed violence to a colleague experienced similar emotional distress as the victims. The authors suggest measures that may help staff in these and other clinical areas. They conclude that violence to staff should not be an accep...