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Lewys Beames

@lewysbeames.bsky.social
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Consultant Mental Health Nurse in Restrictive Practice at South London and Maudsley | PhD Student at King’s College London

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Lewys Beames @lewysbeames.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
📣New article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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My Week of Denial and Disorientation: A Lived Experience Narrative of a Stay in a Psychiatric Emergency Department
Background Psychiatric emergency departments (EDs) are common settings in which patients receive crisis care, yet their experiences in these environments remain understudied. Aim This lived experi...
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Lewys Beames @lewysbeames.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Seni's Law: preventing deaths from restraint in mental health settings | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing
After disproportionate force during restraint led to Seni’s death, his mum Aji made it her mission to protect mental health service users
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Lewys Beames @lewysbeames.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
❓Have you or someone you know experienced #restraint on a #mentalhealth ward❓ We’re working to improve support for those impacted by coercive practices. Help us make a difference. See the poster 👇 for more info. And register here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F
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Nutmeg Hallett @drnutmeg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Sharing our review that suggests traumatic experiences in mental health inpatient settings - and far more insidious than just restrictive interventions - can worsen outcomes. We urge redesign of environment, processes and autonomy to improve care. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: Qualitative systematic review of international literature
Trauma has a well-established link with poor health outcomes. Adverse experiences in mental health inpatient settings contribute to such outcomes and …
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Lewys Beames @lewysbeames.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Coercive practices (e.g. physical restraint) on mental health wards can have lasting harmful effects for service users. Service user, carer or inpatient staff member? Share your views and help shape the support available after restraint. More info. 👇 forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F
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Lewys Beames @lewysbeames.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Mental health service users often report an absence of support after experiencing coercive practices (e.g. restraint) on mental health wards. We want to change this. Help shape support for service users exposed to restraint. More information here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3F
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Martin Locht Pedersen @martinpedersen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Certain ethnic minorities are at a greater risk of receiving restrictive practices than those from ethnic majoritet populations. Ensuring culturally appropriate care at all stages of mental health care may help reduce such ethnic disparities.
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Culturally appropriate care and reduction of restrictive practices in mental health
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