Coercive interventions of many kinds are the oldest problem of psychiatric institutions and
still today are considered as necessary in seemingly all countries in the management of …

Coercion appears to be an integral component of psychiatry, particularly forensic psychiatry,
and its use strongly influences the way the public sees this specialty. Coercion takes place …

Coercion is one of the major ethical issues in psychiatry. Seclusion, isolation, physical or
mechanical restraint and especially forced medication have been debated fiercely between …

Coercive measures are controversial within healthcare and require closer inspection,
particularly within forensic psychiatry, where security-orientated restrictions are …

Coercion is defined as 'the application of force to control the action of a voluntary agent'. The
use of coercion on mental healthcare patients constitutes an exception to the principle that …

The use of mechanical restraint as a means to manage the violent and/or self-injurious
behaviour of psychiatric patients remains controversial, due primarily to this practice …

All citizens of Europe who fall within the legislation of the European Convention on Human
Rights have a right to be free from detention without judicial process (Article 5) and the right …

Protecting the human rights is particularly important within the forensic context because
patients in forensic psychiatry are not admitted voluntarily and so the treatment itself is of a …

Coercive situations are complicated and stressful for both the one being forced as well as
the one forcing the other. Patients' experiences of coercion have been studied since the end …

Restraint and seclusion (R&S) measures in psychiatric settings are applied worldwide,
despite poor scientific evidence to back up their effectiveness. The medical, ethical and …