Background: Reduction of use of coercive measures in Mental Health Care has been of
increasing concern for patient organizations, governmental agents and health policy …

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

BackgroundCoercive treatment comprises a broad range of practices, ranging from implicit
or explicit pressure to accept certain treatment to the use of forced practices such as …

AimsTo examine the extent and nature of coercive practices in mental healthcare and to
consider the ethical, human rights challenges facing the current clinical practices in this …

In recent years, international organizations, professionals, and representatives of mental
health service users have expressed the need to regulate, limit, and even eliminate coercive …

Although coercive measures have always been part of the psychiatric armamentarium, the
ethical dilemma between the use of a “therapeutic” coercion and the loss of patients' dignity …

Coercion in mental healthcare is ubiquitous and affects the physical health, recovery and
psychological and emotional well‐being of those who experience it. Numerous studies have …

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 …

Even though psychiatric empirical research has evolved in recent years, further research
efforts are needed to achieve increased knowledge regarding mental illnesses, the suffering …

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 …