Aggressive behaviour is an important problem in mental health care. Aggressive behaviour does not only affect staff and other patients, but also has a negative impact on the patient self. Studies have shown that aggressive patients have a longer stay on psychiatric wards compared to non-aggressive patients. In psychiatric wards, several interventions are used to manage aggressive behaviour. In the Netherlands, seclusion has for decades been a highly common intervention to manage (imminent) aggression. During recent years, however, the use of seclusion has been heavily criticized.

Massentrauma wird immer mehr zu einem Thema globaler Besorgnis, da die Gruppe der Trauma-Überlebenden weltweit ständig wächst. Das Bewusstsein für Trauma und seine schädlichen Folgen dominiert diese Ära menschlicher Geschichte, somit wird Trauma von einem Thema peripheren Interesses zu einem zentralen Gegenstand der Forschung. Es braucht ein neues Paradigma der Traumaheilung, um große Bevölkerungsteile an Trauma-Überlebenden zu behandeln. Dieser Artikel stellt eine grundlegende körperorientierte Theorie und Interventionstechnik für die Heilung von Massentraumata vor.

This book looks at the impact of trauma not only from the perspective of employees but also from that of their organisations. In addition to describing the negative outcomes from traumatic exposure it offers solutions which will not only build a more resilient workforce but also lead to individual and organisational growth and development.

OBJECTIVE: Mental Health First Aid training is a course for the public that teaches how to give initial help to a person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. The present study evaluated the effects of Mental Health First Aid training delivered by e-learning on knowledge about mental disorders, stigmatizing attitudes and helping behaviour. METHOD: A randomized controlled trial was carried out with 262 members of the Australian public.