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VMIAC is the peak Victorian non-government organisation for people who have experience with a mental illness or emotional distress.
Jun 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
The Seclusion Report: Mechanical Restraint

Mechanical restraint is the use of straps to tie people to hospital beds or other furniture. It's a violent practice and a serious breach of human rights.

Mechanical restraint has no place in #Mental Health services.

#EndRestraint
1/5 Repeats text from tweet. Gr... Here are the best and worst adult #MentalHealth services for mechanical restraint.

The best (lowest) use is in: Warrnambool, Ballarat & Mildura

The worst (highest) use is in: Austin, Maroondah and Box Hill

#EndSeclusion #EndRestraint

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Jun 16, 2022 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
👋Indigo here!
🧵Taking over VMIAC again with a thread...

I want to share a huge THANK YOU to everyone supporting this critical advocacy to #EndSeclusion within 2 years.

Together we're growing energy for real change.

Let's unpack some of the excuses and some actual data... Heading: How safe is my hos... We don't want to hear excuses from the #MentalHealth sector. Like 'they can't eliminate seclusion & restraint without more beds & staff'.

There are no excuses for violent practice.

Some units have already almost eliminated, so all of them could.

We want #ActionNotExcuses. Big orange padlock. No more...