Inequity in action: why minoritised ethnic patients are more often rapidly tranquilised and what needs to change

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New evidence reveals that rapid tranquilisation is disproportionately used on minoritised ethnic patients in hospitals. Beyond the statistics, how do we create fair, compassionate, and equitable care?

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From subject to cause: can patients’ circumstances predict the use of coercion in psychiatric hospital admissions?

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Nima Cas Hunt explores a recent research study carried out at a mental health hospital in Switzerland, which tries to predict coercion during the course of psychiatric hospitalisations.

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Cochrane find no evidence for as required PRN medication for mental health inpatients

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John Baker summarises an updated Cochrane review on ‘as required’ PRN medication regimens for seriously mentally ill people in hospital, which finds no randomised controlled trials that support this widely used intervention.

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