Right, here’s a restraint related situation for you! — It doesn’t matter which of the following three scenarios we’re contemplating or whether you’re thinking of your own – it could be a police officer dealing with a drunk person who is offending and needs to be arrested; a mental health nurse attempting to safeguard a […]

I know we keep hearing about the unacceptability or undesirability of those of us living with mental distress being detained in cells.  I’ve always agreed about this when we are discussing detention under the Mental Health Act.  I still think is a bit medieval to contemplate a country that can’t ensure such matters are handled […]

Dr Jenny HOLMES has blogged here before – and she has an open invitation to post whatever she wants whenever she wants as far as I’m concerned.  An experienced police custody doctor and an NHS psychiatrist – she’s a medical professional who sees the interface of policing, mental health and criminal justice very keenly from […]