"I didn't feel cared for, but submissive": in a psychiatric hospital, the painful choice of constraint (Swiss Press Text 2025, by Lorène Et Sophie Mesot Et Gaitzsch) - Swiss Press Award

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Lorène Et Sophie Mesot Et Gaitzsch

Sedation, restraints, isolation: every day in Switzerland, around a hundred restraint measures take place in psychiatric hospitals, sometimes with devastating consequences for patients. Why isn't our healthcare system doing better? This investigation explores the most violent aspects of psychiatry, but also the most intimate aspects of the caregiver-patient relationship.