Background Interventions to prevent the use of coercion in psychiatric hospitals have been
summarized in the 2018 German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and …

Background Coercive measures are among the most controversial interventions in
psychiatry. There is a large discrepancy between the sheer number of high-quality …

Introduction The PreVCo study examines whether a structured, operationalized
implementation of guidelines to prevent coercion actually leads to fewer coercive measures …

Background Coercive measures such as seclusion and restraint encroach on the patient's
human rights and can have serious adverse effects ranging from emotional trauma to …

The percentage of coercive measures used in psychiatry widely varies between countries,
settings, and patient groups. 1 Complete data collected in a federal state of Germany …

Objective To evaluate multiple efforts of the last decade to reduce the use of coercive
measures in psychiatric hospitals. Method A working group for the prevention of violence …

There are substantial regional differences in the use of coercive measures in mental health
in Norway. The Norwegian Directorate of Health is working with a national standardized …

Introduction Aggression and violence are highly complex problems in acute psychiatry that
often lead to the coercive interventions. The Safewards Model is an evidence-informed …

Inpatient violence is a widespread problem in psychiatric wards and has often serious
consequences. Literature indicates that de-escalation techniques are the recommended first …

Objective To examine whether the pandemic in 2020 caused changes in psychiatric hospital
cases, the percentage of patients exposed to coercive interventions, and aggressive …