Straight answers about Safewards and de-escalation.
Questions nurse unit managers, educators and safety leads actually ask us, answered properly — with the research named, so you can check it yourself. Written by the people who deliver the training.
Making the case for violence prevention training
Why violence is never part of the job, how to build the financial case for prevention training, where the money can come from, how to answer the objections, and the published figures for every health network in your state.
Start with Part 1 →What does the new WA restrictive practices Standard ask of your training program?
A plain-English guide to the training requirements in the Chief Psychiatrist's Standard for Restrictive Practices (effective 9 October 2026), with a 16-point self-check for hospital-based mental health services. No sign-up.
Read the guide and take the self-check →1st International Safewards Conference
Talk-by-talk notes from the first international Safewards conference — what was presented, the evidence behind it, and what it could mean on your ward. Including the Australian and New Zealand work on the program.
See Lisa's program and notes →ACMHN 2026: 50th International Mental Health Nursing Conference
Our wrap-ups of the talks we attended over three days — therapeutic engagement, clinical supervision, First Nations leadership, simulation, Safewards Secure, and care from rural communities to a mental health intensive care unit.
Read the wrap-ups →Got a question we have not answered?
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