Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate how mental health professionals
describe and reflect upon different forms of informal coercion. Results In a deductive …

The paper by Stein et al in this issue of the journal1 makes a timely and important
contribution to our field. In particular, I strongly support the wise counsel to improve …

This is an article about exclusion. We might not like to admit it–even fail to realise it–but
National Health Service (NHS) mental health service structures have become increasingly …

Coercive treatment with antipsychotic drugs was commonly used in German psychiatric
institutions until it became a topic of substantial medical, legal and ethical controversy. In …