TÜBİTAK - AB COST Projesi , 2020 - 2024
FOSTREN
is an Action designed to establish a sustainable, multidisciplinary network of
researchers and practitioners focused on reducing the degree to which mental
health services use coercion in hospital and community mental health services.
Many people receiving mental health care are subjected to coercive practices
such as outpatient commitment in the community and physical restraint in
hospital. Such practices can violate human rights and there is a growing
international policy momentum to reduce reliance on them. Given the
biopsychosocial complexity of mental health service delivery, successful
initiatives in this area require sustained multilevel interventions which can
be implemented effectively in the long term. Clinical practice in this area is
extremely variable across Europe and relevant research activity is highly
fragmented. The FOSTREN network will address these issues by enabling research
and practice expertise to be exchanged in order to create an integrated
framework for mental health service transformation.
The
network objectives are: to advance understanding of successful interventions to
reduce coercion within an implementation science paradigm by building a stable
interdisciplinary network of European researchers and practitioners; and to
apply this understanding by articulating and communicating best practice to key
stakeholders responsible for mental health service delivery. This will be
achieved through networking activities organized along four themes: risk
factors; alternative interventions; outcomes & recovery; and
implementation science. Key deliverables such as a framework for shared
datasets and a coercion reduction implementation model will contribute to a
pan-European effort to enhance human rights for vulnerable people with mental
health problems