Background Coercion comprises formal coercion or compulsion [treatment under a section
of the Mental Health Act (MHA)] and informal coercion (a range of treatment pressures …

There is ongoing debate in the UK as to the place of coercion and compulsion in community
mental health care. Recent changes in service provision and amendments to the Mental …

In mental health services over recent decades, the positive move away from hospital-based
care to community-based services has entailed that people with higher levels of need are …

Coercion in the community: Issues for mature treatment systems Page 1 Coercion in
community-based mental health treatment refers to much more than just court-ordered treatment …

The use of coercion is one of the defining issues of mental health care. Since the earliest
attempts to contain and treat the mentally ill, power imbalances have been evident and a …

Until the last 50 years or so, psychiatric patients mostly interacted with clinical staff within
closed institutions permeated with a paternalistic culture. The transition from hospitalbased …

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 …

Objective: Since the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric services around the world, the scope
of outpatient psychiatric care has also increased to better support treatment access and …

Coercion of service users/patients when receiving care and treatment has been a serious
dilemma for mental health services since at least the 18th century, and the debate about …

In mental health care, coercion is a controversial issue that has led to much debate and
research on its nature and use. Yet, few previous studies have explicitly explored the views …