A patient at the Central Mental Hospital was secluded for 111 hours on a single occasion last year.
That’s according to the Mental Health Commission report – published today – which found that there was 4,765 combined episodes of physical restraint and seclusion in 2008. But in 2018, there was 7,464 incidents recorded.
There has been a 57 percent increase in episodes of restrictive practices on inpatients in Ireland’s mental health facilities over the last decade.
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The use of seclusion increased by 29 percent in the same period.
Independent TD for Tipperary Mattie McGrath spoke on on Tipp Today earlier and said it’s very disappointing – but needs to be looked at in totality.
