Background The concepts of autonomy and liberty are established goals in mental health
care; however, involuntary commitment is used towards people with mental health and …

Objective: Paths toward referral to involuntary psychiatric admission mainly unfold in the
contexts where people live their everyday lives. Modern health services are organized such …

Outpatient commitment has recently developed as a legal device for maintaining
noncompliant chronically mentally ill patients in the community and for preventing the …

Objective The aim of this study was to examine perceptions of the place of advance
directives in mental health care. Methods Postal survey of stakeholders was carried out to …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Psychiatric and/or mental health nurses
are struggling to measure the outcomes of the nurse–patient relationship. Collecting nurse …

Background Physical morbidity is rife among patients with serious mental illness. When they
are involuntarily hospitalized and even treated, they may still refuse treatment for physical …

BackgroundLast year, there were more than 63 622 involuntary admissions to psychiatric
hospitals in England. One of the core principles stipulated in the code of practice for care …

Psychiatric nurses' attitudes towards patient autonomy in depot clinics Aim. The aim of this
qualitative study was to explore how psychiatric nurses experience patient autonomy in …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper to contribute to discussions on improvements to acute
mental health services by increasing the awareness of the experience of being compulsorily …

Objective CTOS have been the subject of many qualitative and quantitative research
studies. Both research approaches add value to our understanding of CTOs. Qualitative …