[Comment] New restrictive practices in mental health practice in Denmark

In May, 2025, the Danish Parliament agreed on a landmark 10-year mental health reform plan,1 substantially investing in prevention, early intervention, and expanded services. However, alongside these advances, one element has raised considerable concern: the legalisation of new forms of restrictive practices, including isolation (in forensic services, in locked patient rooms), upward restraint (such as during transfer), and expanded criteria for forced treatment and rapid tranquillisation. These changes, expected to take effect in 2026–27,1 broaden the legal scope of existing practices and introduce previously prohibited ones.