No more linked psychiatric patients. The Ministry of Health takes the field for the abolition of restraint in places of care. “In recent days, the Ministry’s cabinet sent to the Conference of the Regions the draft agreement for overcoming mechanical restraints in mental health centers”. This was announced by Minister Roberto Speranza, at the Second Conference on Mental Health, underlining that “this is an important provision of great ethical value, which responds to recommendations received from various bodies, including the National Bioethics Committee”.
“People with mental health disorders continue to receive answers that are not always adequate. We must recognize that in recent decades the attention paid to mental health has not always been up to par: there are wide inequalities between regions in access to care, ‘offer of services, in the use of compulsory health treatments and in the development of the territorial network “, added the minister, highlighting that” there is a lack of economic resources and difficulties for operators from many sides “.
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