I was shocked to see this on the BBC website
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22959312
Certainly restraint is sometimes necessary in mental hospitals or schools, but it needs to be done with as much love as possible. Restraint should be reserved for situations where the alternative is far worse. (Ie. force feeding an anorexic child close to death who is far to ill to make a decision about eating can be a loving act.)
There are lots of ways of doing restraint that are far safer than face down and preserve the dignity of the person. Restraint should never be done for sheer convience. When restraint is done inappriopiately then the staff should be punished.
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To think that face down restraint is never acceptable
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ReallyTired · 19/06/2013 23:08
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