en Nursing Letter to editor <p><span style="color:#d35400;"><strong><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Knowledge Translation Statement</span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#d35400;"><strong><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Audience:&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#003300;"><strong><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nursing managers and hospital administrators</span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Psychiatric patients frequently experience rights violations including restricted autonomy, locked wards resembling imprisonment, privacy breaches, and neglect, yet Iran lacks comprehensive mental health legislation to protect these vulnerable individuals. Nursing managers should implement rights-based training in undergraduate and continuing education programs, advocate for open-door policies and structured family engagement models, and integrate patient autonomy support into daily care protocols, shifting from custodial to recovery-oriented, dignity-preserving care.</span></span></span></span></p> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> Patient Rights, Psychiatric, Nursing, Preventive Care, Mental Health. 74 76 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1035-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Elham Amiri eamiri1363@gmail.com 100319475328460015716 100319475328460015716 No Psychiatric Nursing Department, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran Yalda Amiri bestbank12@gmail.com 100319475328460015717 100319475328460015717 No Economics Department, Economics and Social Sciences Faculty, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran Roghaieh Azimzadeh azimzadeh20@gmail.com 100319475328460015718 100319475328460015718 Yes Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Mahsa Koohi Garebag Mahsa2144@gmail.com 100319475328460015719 100319475328460015719 No Nursing Department, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran Zahra Heydari Tolash zahraheydari78106@gmail.com 100319475328460015720 100319475328460015720 No Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Student Research Committee, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran Zahra Khezerlou zahrakhezerloo8@gmail.com 100319475328460015721 100319475328460015721 No Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran