Aims: To synthesize qualitative evidence of mental health patients' treatment-related
experiences of softer coercion and its effect on their interactions with practitioners …

In recent years, international organizations, professionals, and representatives of mental
health service users have expressed the need to regulate, limit, and even eliminate coercive …

Objective: This study systematically examined the empirical literature on the themes and
correlates of coercion as defined by the subjective experience of patients in psychiatric care …

The theme of this thesis is patients' experience of coercion in mental health care. It denotes
the experience, consideration, or feeling of being the subject of coercion. The study of …

Making nursing decision for patients who cannot communicate their own wishes and needs
is a common problem in psychiatric and mental health nursing. The aim of this article is to …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Psychiatric patients have generally
negative experiences of being exposed to coercive measures. Existing research has …

In mental health care, coercion is a controversial issue that has led to much debate and
research on its nature and use. Yet, few previous studies have explicitly explored the views …

The use of coercion in mental health care is not self‐evident and requires moral justification.
A joint understanding is difficult to achieve, because patients and health professionals often …

Introduction Comprehending informal coercion, which encompasses a wide range of
phenomena characterised by subtle and non-legalised pressures, can be complex. Its use is …

This pilot study aimed at investigating how mental health professionals on acute psychiatric
wards recognize different levels of formal and informal coercions and treatment pressures as …