Effective case managers in community mental health are successful at forging a working
alliance with recipients. This article explores one key aspect of case management practice …

Objective: This study systematically examined the empirical literature on the themes and
correlates of coercion as defined by the subjective experience of patients in psychiatric care …

Aims and methodTo assess how common the subjective experience of coercion is in
psychiatric care and what affects its prevalence. A review of published data was undertaken …

Background Trusting relationships between mental health consumers and health care
providers are critical in the management and recovery process. Although community …

The policies and institutional practices developed to care for people with mental illnesses
have critical relevance to the production of stigma as they can induce it, minimize it or even …

This study examines self-reported coercion in subjects with severe mental illness who were
randomly assigned in an experimental study to continue under, or be released from …

The authors investigated whether mental health inpatients' perceptions of coercion were
associated with postdischarge treatment adherence. Patients eligible for New York's …

A therapeutic alliance with a continuing collaboration between a patient and psychiatric staff
is a resource for helping patients cope with the demands of coercive legislation. Knowledge …

Aims. Incorporating consumer perspectives into mental health services design is important
in working to deliver recovery-oriented care. One of the challenges faced in mental health …

Objective In 1988 Vermont implemented a policy designed to reduce the state hospital
census and expand community-based services. This qualitative study assessed perceptions …