Have you heard this phrase before? A concept quite often referred to in mental health care – it refers to an approach by mental health nurses to defuse situations of potential violence and resolve them without the professionals resorting to the use of coercion or physical force. De-escalation is something that is trained to staff […]

I think it’s interesting to comprehend the Mental Health Act 1983 from the point of view of what it’s actually there to do. The short-title of the Act suggests that it is all about mental health and wellbeing. Of course, we know it’s not – the Mental Health Act is of no relevance whatsoever to […]

In 2014, the House of Lords issued a report on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) which highlighted a range of concerns and problems. The following day, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Cheshire West and significantly expanded the concept of a deprivation of liberty which has since seen a rise in some local […]