Objective Staff's attitudes to the use of coercion may influence the number of coercive
interventions employed and staff willingness to engage in professional development …

Experiences of coercion in psychiatric care as narrated by patients, nurses and physicians
Aim. The aim of the study was to increase understanding of psychiatric patients', nurses' and …

In the closed wards of mental health institutions, moral decisions are made concerning the
use of forced seclusion. In this article we focus on how these moral decisions are made and …

This pilot study aimed at investigating how mental health professionals on acute psychiatric
wards recognize different levels of formal and informal coercions and treatment pressures as …

OBJECTIVES: The Norwegian Mental Health Care Act allows use of coercion under certain
conditions. Even though the current practice has been criticized, little empirical data exist …

More knowledge is needed on how to reduce the prevalence of formal and informal coercion
in Norwegian mental health care. To explore possible reasons for the widespread …

Purpose Whilst formal coercion in psychiatry is regulated by legislation, other interventions
that are often referred to as informal coercion are less regulated. It remains unclear to what …

Increasingly, mental health social workers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the
world are employing coercive interventions with clients. This paper explores this trend in the …

The literature on coercion has focused mainly on the compulsory treatment of psychiatric
patients in hospital. Coercion was thus often equated with involuntary status. However, in …

Under certain conditions, coercive interventions in psychotic patients can help to regain
insight and alleviate symptoms, but can also traumatize subjects. This study explored …