Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture supervised navigation- may be useful in therapeutic intervention and familiarity with these tools is essential for adequate community reintegration. Absence of halfway-house resources 163. The absence of sufficient halfway-house resources, such as supervised living facilities, in the Region of Valencia, means that the Balcó de la Safor hospital discharges very few patients under supervision and that users who are stable in pathological terms and have reached a sufficient degree of independence are forced to remain in the hospital and are unable to apply for other facilities that are more suited to their level of progress. 164. At all the facilities visited, we noticed that psychotropic drugs are adequately used, according to the evaluation of specialists in psychiatric Adequate use of medicine who joined the visiting teams. drugs §337 AR 204 Mechanical restraints §340- 343 AR 2014 165. Nor did we notice an excessive use of mechanical restraints, which are used as last resort. The unit for acute illnesses in Virgen de la Montaña Hospital (Cáceres) is the only one with a video surveillance system in use in restraining rooms, constituting a guarantee for the patient and the staff involved. However, as the unit is understaffed, procedures are hindered to mechanically restrain a patient, amongst other tasks. Record of mechanical restraints 104 166. At Balcó de la Safor (Valencia) and the unit for acute illnesses of Puerto Real Hospital, all mechanical restraint registration sheets record the beginning and reason for the restraint, name and signature of the restraining officer and supervisor, as well as the patient’s state and other relevant circumstances. However, at Virgen de la Montaña Hospital (Cáceres), registration sheets lacked essential information to ensure an adequate supervision of the measures applied.