Experiences with Capacity-based Mental Health Legislation in Norway. A qualitative interview study among patients who have come off a community treatment order …

NC Wergeland - 2024 - munin.uit.no
The aim of the thesis was to explore the experiences of groups affected by the change in the
Mental Health Care Act of 2017 when Norway introduced lack of consent capacity as an …

Increased autonomy with capacity-based mental health legislation in Norway: a qualitative study of patient experiences of having come off a community treatment …

NC Wergeland, Å Fause, AK Weber, ABO Fause… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Capacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway on 1
September 2017. The aim was to increase the autonomy of patients with severe mental …

Health professionals' experience of treatment of patients whose community treatment order was revoked under new capacity-based mental health legislation in …

NC Wergeland, Å Fause, AK Weber, ABO Fause… - BJPsych Open, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background Norway introduced capacity-based legislation in mental healthcare on 1
September 2017 with the aim of increasing patient autonomy and legal protection and …

Capacity-based legislation in Norway has so far scarcely influenced the daily life and responsibilities of patients' carers: a qualitative study

NC Wergeland, Å Fause, AK Weber, ABO Fause… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background When capacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway in
2017, there was concern about the consequences of change in the law for patients' carer …

Impact of introducing capacity-based mental health legislation on the use of community treatment orders in Norway: case registry study

G Høyer, O Nyttingnes, J Rugkåsa, E Sharashova… - BJPsych Open, 2022 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIn 2017, a capacity-based criterion was added to the Norwegian Mental Health
Act, stating that those with capacity to consent to treatment cannot be subjected to …

Attitudes among stakeholders towards compulsory mental health care in Norway

RR Diseth, KP Bøgwald, PA Høglend - International journal of law and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The Norwegian Mental Health Care Act allows use of coercion under certain
conditions. Even though the current practice has been criticized, little empirical data exist …

Public attitudes and health law in conflict: somatic vs. mental care, role of next of kin, and the right to refuse treatment and information

D Wikstøl, R Pedersen, M Magelssen - BMC Health Services Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Norwegian law and regulations regarding patient autonomy and the use of
coercion are in conflict with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities …

Collegiality, therapy and mediation—The contribution of experts in Swedish Mental Health Law

S Sjöström, M Jacobsson, A Hollander - Laws, 2017 - mdpi.com
Independent experts serve a vital role in how the human rights of patients are protected in
mental health law. This article investigates the contribution of court-appointed psychiatrists …

Risk management or improving the life for the patient? Court rulings concerning compulsory community care in Sweden

L Zetterberg, U Markström, S Sjöström - Psychiatrische Praxis, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Background/Objectives: The presentation discusses an ongoing project regarding
compulsory community care (CCC) in Sweden. CCC was introduced in 2008 following a …

[PDF][PDF] Vård utan tvång-en utopi?: Alternativ till tvång i vård och omsorg: Konferensrapport från den nordiska konferensen i Vasa 20-22 juni 2011

C Herberts, K Wahlbeck - 2011 - julkari.fi
The Nordic conference” Care without coercion–a utopia? Alternatives to coercion in health
and care” was arranged in Vaasa, Finland in June 2011 as a part of the activities of the …