In the mental health law debate over justification for civil commitment of mentally ill persons,
coercion has been a central issue. Participants in the debate have tended to separate into …

In civil commitment the state applies its police and parens patriae powers in order to coerce
mentally ill persons into treatment. Coercion, thus, is central to civil commitment. It also has …

Forced hospitalization of people with mental disorders has long been a critical issue in the
mental health services. Coercion and Aggressive Community Treatment is the first sustained …

Coercive practices are relatively common in mental healthcare, but coercion is ethically
problematic because it involves acting against an individual's autonomy. However, coercion …

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 …

Debate over the role of coercion in mental hospital admission frequently invokes the
prospective patient's moral right to decision-making autonomy and individual dignity (eg …

The use of coercion is one of the defining issues of mental health care. Since the earliest
attempts to contain and treat the mentally ill, power imbalances have been evident and a …

According to the philosopher Charles Taylor (1989), the moral origins of our viewpoints
remain largely implicit until some challenge pushes them into the foreground. Coercion in …

Background: Coercion is a very slippery concept for lawyers. In the field of mental health
care, the authorization of coercion is of special significance Aims: To review the effects of the …

Any discussion of coerced mental health treatment must begin with a definition of the term"
coercion." In its most basic meaning, the term coercion connotes force or duress, or at least …