❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the use of sensory rooms as alternatives to restraint and seclusion in mental health treatment, and the inclusion of success-oriented therapies in the Mental Health Bill. The Minister supports reducing restraint/seclusion but declines to mandate specific treatments in legislation.
AnsweredQoN 5385Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the draft
Mental Health Bill 2011
which details treatments such as electro convulsive therapy, psychosurgery, bodily restraints and seclusion, and I ask -
(1) Will the Minister, in supporting the best interest of the mental health consumer, implement the use of the sensory room approach as opposed to restraint and seclusion therapies?
(2) Will the Minister commit to including some success orientated therapies that will minimise the anxiety and trauma associated with current practices, particularly restraint and seclusion, in the Bill?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
Mental Health Bill 2011
which details treatments such as electro convulsive therapy, psychosurgery, bodily restraints and seclusion, and I ask -
(1) Will the Minister, in supporting the best interest of the mental health consumer, implement the use of the sensory room approach as opposed to restraint and seclusion therapies?
(2) Will the Minister commit to including some success orientated therapies that will minimise the anxiety and trauma associated with current practices, particularly restraint and seclusion, in the Bill?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
13 June 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
77 days
(1) This Government is committed to reducing, and where possible eliminating, the use of seclusion and restraint in Western Australia. The draft Mental Health Bill supports this direction by limiting the circumstances in which these interventions may be authorised and introducing greater accountability in relation to their use. A sensory room approach is one of the alternatives to seclusion and restraint but its implementation is not a matter for legislation.
(2-3)It is not the role of legislation to direct specific treatments and interventions. Best practice is continually evolving and prescribing specific approaches in legislation would constrain services' ability to implement new and better models of care as they are developed.
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(2-3)It is not the role of legislation to direct specific treatments and interventions. Best practice is continually evolving and prescribing specific approaches in legislation would constrain services' ability to implement new and better models of care as they are developed.
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