Objective To investigate the incidence of coercive measures in standard psychiatric care in
different psychiatric hospitals. Methods We developed a common documentation of …

Background and objectives Coercion in psychiatry is legally tolerated as a last resort. The
reduction of the use of coercion is a shared goal of hospital administrators, medical and …

Background Coercive measures in psychiatry are a controversial topic and raise ethical,
legal and clinical issues. Involuntary admission of patients is a long-lasting problem and …

Background Perceived coercion is a sense of pressure related to the experience of being
referred to treatment. The sense of pressure arises from the patient's internal perception of …

The aim of this study was to explore possible regional differences in the use of coercion in
psychiatric care as experienced by patients and relatives. At four psychiatric care settings in …

The general aims of this article are: a) to cover the current status of research on the
important clinical and human rights issue of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, and b) to …

Background The knowledge of the impact of coercion on psychiatric treatment outcome is
limited. Multiple measures of coercion have been recommended. The aim of the study was …

Background Studies on the effect of organizational factors on the involuntary admission of
psychiatric patients have been few and yielded inconclusive results. The objective was to …

Background Despite the EU recommendations on mental health, involuntary admission has
been under researched in Italy for a long time and the overall picture of involuntary …

Introduction Coerced admission to psychiatric hospitals, defined by legal status or patient's
subjective experience, is common. Evidence on clinical outcomes however is limited. This …