By Rebecca Fish In 2005 I published some research with my colleague, Eloise Culshaw, about physical intervention (commonly referred to as restraint) on locked wards for people with learning disabilities, looking at experiences of staff and service users. We found that sometimes, restraint is not used as a last resort: Service-user: All I have to […]
Rebecca Fish and Hannah Morgan People with learning disabilities have to stay in secure units if they have broken the law or if they are a risk to themselves or other people. It is important that people can move on through these services, and then back out into the community. We asked 16 women and […]
Rebecca Fish and Hannah Morgan Introduction Some research from Canada and the US says that more young men are self-harming. There is a small amount of research from the UK. This says that when men self-harm, their injuries are usually more violent and can be seen as accidental. Some of the research talks about UK […]
Rebecca Fish In 2012, I spent time in three of women’s wards in an NHS learning disability secure unit. I wrote a book about it called ‘Locked Away’. I asked women what they liked about living here, and what they did not like. I also talked to staff. This is what I found out: Life […]
by Rebecca Fish Physical restraint is holding somebody to stop them moving. It is done to stop harm to people or damage to property. Staff sometimes use physical restraint to restrict someone’s freedom of movement. When people think about staying in units, they often remember being physically restrained, or seeing other people being restrained. […]
by Rebecca Fish Throughout my career, I have met many family members of people who have been detained in inpatient units. I have talked to people who have had their son or daughter ‘placed’ in various services, not just forensic units, for many different reasons. Yet there was a common feeling amongst all of them: […]
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