Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine what predicts patients' perceptions of
coercion surrounding admission to a psychiatric hospital. Method: For 171 cases, the …

Background Coercion has always existed in psychiatry and is increasingly debated. The
'move into the community'in many countries over recent decades and the evolution of …

Materials and Methods The study is based on interviews with patients admitted to five closed
psychiatric wards at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark (catchment area, 390,000 …

Background The high number of involuntary placements of people with mental disorders in
Switzerland and other European countries constitutes a major public health issue. In view of …

Background: Individual staff factors, such as personality traits and attitudes, are increasingly
seen as an important factor in the reduction of coercion in mental health services. At the …

Introduction. In addition to compulsion (involuntary hospitalization, seclusion, restraint, etc.),
there are broader forms of coercion (persuasion, interpersonal pressure, inducement or …

Investigated the relationship between legal status and perceptions of coerciveness of
hospitalization and between coercion and the efficacy of hospitalization with 220 patients …

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 …

Introduction Implementation models, frameworks and theories (hereafter tools) provide
researchers and clinicians with an approach to understand the processes and mechanisms …

Background Involuntary admissions (IA) to psychiatric hospitals are controversial because
they interfere with people's autonomy. In some situations, however, they appear to be …