Objective: The importance of building a strong treatment alliance is widely accepted and
uncontroversial. Quantitative research suggests that coercive experiences during psychiatric …

Objective: Increasing patient autonomy and decreasing coercion are frequently cited goals
in mental health care. Research suggests that the therapeutic relationship and patients' …

The relationship between patient and therapist in mental health care is one of the most
important treatment factors. It is a reliable predictor of treatment outcome, regardless of …

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 …

Background Working alliances are considered to be essential to treatment, and they
represent a robust predictor of positive treatment outcomes. In a working alliance, a patient …

The use of coercion to assure that people with a mental illness receive treatment has been
the focus one of the longest running controversies among mental health professionals. Until …

A therapeutic alliance with a continuing collaboration between a patient and psychiatric staff
is a resource for helping patients cope with the demands of coercive legislation. Knowledge …

Purpose Outpatient commitment orders are being increasingly used in many countries to
ensure follow-up care of people with psychotic disorders after discharge from hospital …

Objective: Various forms of compulsory psychiatric community treatment orders (CTOs) are
commonly utilized internationally. CTOs remain contentious because of the ethical …

Objective Although many psychiatric patients experience various forms of pressure or
leverage to participate in community treatment, the association between such experiences …