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Best practice recommendations on the application of seclusion and restraint in mental health services: An evidence, human rights and consensus-based approach Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven

Kathleen De Cuyper, Els Vanlinthout, Tim Opgenhaffen, Jasper Vanhoof, Theo Van Achterberg, Sara Nijs, Tine Peeters, Johan Put, Bea Maes, Chantal Van Audenhove, et al.
Seclusion and restraint still regularly occur within inpatient mental health services. The Council of Europe requires the development of a policy on for instance age limits, techniques and time limits. However, they only define the outer limits of such a policy by indicating when rights are violated. Within these limits, many choices remain open. Staff and service managers lack clarity on safe and humane procedures. Research literature provides ...

Individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors associated with discrimination in medical decisions affecting people with a migration background with mental health problems : the case of general practice Universiteit Gent

Camille Duveau, Camille Wets, Katrijn Delaruelle, Stéphanie Demoulin, Marie Dauvrin, Brice Lepièce, Melissa Ceuterick, Stéphanie De Maesschalck, Piet Bracke, Vincent Lorant, et al.
Objectives: Although people with a migration background (MB) have more unmet mental health needs than the general population, patients with a MB are still underrepresented in mental health care services. Provider bias towards these patients has been evidenced repeatedly but its driving factors remain elusive. We assessed the moderating effect of the individual (e.g. age and ethnicity), interpersonal (e.g. healthcare provider trust), and ...

Mental Health Services during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: results from the EPA Ambassadors Survey and implications for clinical practice Universiteit Antwerpen

Martina Rojnic Kuzman, Simavi Vahip, Andrea Fiorillo, Julian Beezhold, Mariana Pinto da Costa, Oleg Skugarevsky, Geert Dom, Izet Pajevic, Alma Mihaljevic Peles, Pavel Mohr, et al.
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented worldwide crisis affecting several sectors, including health, social care, economy and society at large. The World Health Organisation has emphasized that mental health care should be considered as one of the core sectors within the overall COVID-19 health response. By March 2020, recommendations for the organization of mental health services across Europe have been developed by several ...

Practice effects on strategy selection and strategy efficiency in simple mental arithmetic Universiteit Gent

Ineke Imbo, André Vandierendonck
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of practice on strategy selection and strategy efficiency in mental arithmetic. Participants had to solve simple addition or multiplication problems, after having received 0, 3, or 6 practice sessions (Experiment 1), and before and after having received 3 practice sessions (Experiment 2). Strategy selection was measured by means of trial-by-trial strategy reports, whereas strategy ...

The Effect of Mental Fatigue and Gender on Working Memory Performance during Repeated Practice by Young and Older Adults KU Leuven

Nele Vanbilsen, Marc Van Hulle
Working memory (WM) is one of the most investigated cognitive functions albeit the extent to which individual characteristics impact on performance is still unclear, especially when older adults are involved. The present study considers repeated practice of a visual N-Back task with three difficulty levels (1-, 2-, and 3-Back) in healthy young and older individuals. Our results reveal that, for both age groups, the expected mental fatigue was ...