“Compulsion” in mental health care is a reasonably straightforward notion: the use of force,
one hopes always governed by law, to make a person accept treatment that has been …

There is probably no more unpleasant task for a clinician working in mental health than
imposing treatment on an unwilling patient; and probably no experience for the patient that …

The WPA wishes to spur progress worldwide in implementing alternatives to coercion in
mental health care. Agreement is widespread among psychiatrists, other health practitioners …

Background: Questions concerning non-consensual treatment in mental health services
have assumed an increased salience. In significant part, this has been due to changes in …

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

Coercion is one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in psychiatry. It is a highly
sensitive, and hotly debated topic in which clinical practice, ethics, the law and public policy …

Indian Journal of Psychiatry 52 (3), Jul-Sep 2010 204 two-thirds of the committed versus
nearly one-third of the voluntarily admitted patients reported the occurrence of coercive …

AimsTo examine the extent and nature of coercive practices in mental healthcare and to
consider the ethical, human rights challenges facing the current clinical practices in this …

The use of coercion to assure that people with a mental illness receive treatment has been
the focus one of the longest running controversies among mental health professionals. Until …

Coercion in psychiatry and the fight against forced treatment are two of the main topics in the
mental health service user/psychiatric survivor movement worldwide. At the same time, our …