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Promising Directions:
Initiatives to Reduce and End Seclusion Use

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  • The World Health Organization (WHO) (2019, 2021) identifies seclusion and other coercive measures as having no therapeutic value and being detrimental to recovery. 

    • WHO Quality Rights Core Training launched in 2019 to offer guidance on ending seclusion use and other coercive practices in mental health care. 

 

  • The United Nations (UN) (2017) Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stated that any law that allows forced or non-consensual medical interventions should be abolished. 

    • Calls for complete elimination of coercive practices and a need for a human rights-based approach in mental health care.

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