What is it about?
The history of abuse of mental health patients in England and the way forward.
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Why is it important?
Platitudes that such abuse must never happen again, whilst heartfelt, are unrealistic. More attention needs to focus on how to understand the antecedents to abuse, with an expectation that it will happen.
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A new focus on the antecedents of abuse by staff is needed and patients deserve nothing less.
Steve George
Care Quality Commission
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This page is a summary of: Abuse of patients in mental health care in England: history repeating itself, British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, August 2019, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjmh.2019.8.3.110.
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