Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3906198
AutoresJuš Škraban (0000-0002-5883-6957, Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen42
Fecha de publicación2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
Revistae-cadernos CES (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1647-0737 • E-ISSN: 1647-0737
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/13x59
OpenAlexW4410357396
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas10

The article addresses risk management in an institution in Slovenia that provides long-term residential care in the field of mental health. It briefly describes the country-specific context of institutional care, especially in secure units, as places where coercive measures are permitted. The article includes an analysis of an action research project embedded in the process of deinstitutionalisation. Firstly, it demonstrates that three types of placement act as the primary risk management strategy in the institution. Secondly, it shows that neither the general risk management strategies nor the risk assessment method used are centred on the individual, but rather serve to ensure the safety of the unit. The article suggests that the secure unit and its practices are repressive and violate human rights. The transformation of secure units must be a primary goal of deinstitutionalisation

Business · Institution · Mental health · Psychiatry · Risk management · Social science · Sociology · Healthcare, Law, Governance, and Management Studies · Insurance and Financial Risk Management · Medicine · Psychology