All parties in the Danish Parliament agree with the government on setting a limit on how long a psychiatric patient »as a general rule« may be restrained. This comes after several rulings against Denmark.
New law will state that the belt must be loosened after four hours. But doctors get an important loophole
All parties in the Danish Parliament agree with the government on setting a limit on how long a psychiatric patient »as a general rule« may be restrained. This comes after several rulings against Denmark.
New law will state that the belt must be loosened after four hours. But doctors get an important loophole
Prolonged belt restraints are perceived by psychiatric patients as the most invasive form of coercion. Foto: Peter Hove Olesen
Denmark has a unique tradition of restraining some psychiatric patients to beds for unusually long periods.
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