Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia
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 articl...
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Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
2025-05-01
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e95e927b706c45e2b997e7df73ffebfa2025-08-20T01:52:29ZengCentro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbrae-cadernos ces1647-07372025-05-014210.4000/13x59Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in SloveniaJuš ŠkrabanThe 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.https://journals.openedition.org/eces/9442human rightsrisk managementsecure unitsocial workUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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| title | Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia |
| title_full | Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia |
| title_fullStr | Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia |
| title_short | Secure unit and risk management practices in a long-term mental health institution in Slovenia |
| title_sort | secure unit and risk management practices in a long term mental health institution in slovenia |
| topic | human rights risk management secure unit social work United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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