Eighteen involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients narrated their experiences of being
subjected to coercion and their thoughts on how to prevent the coercion. A qualitative …

Coercive interventions for psychiatric patients are controversial. Research on different
preventive measures has increased over the last years. The present study examined …

Mental health consumer advocates have long argued that involuntary treatment frightens
persons with mental disorder and thus deters them from voluntarily seeking help. We …

Objective: Increasing patient autonomy and decreasing coercion are frequently cited goals
in mental health care. Research suggests that the therapeutic relationship and patients' …

Objective: This study aimed to assess involuntary inpatients' satisfaction with treatment and
explore how coercion and other factors are associated with satisfaction. Methods: An …

Legal-, perceived-and objective coercion were examined both separately and together as a
measure of accumulated coercion, to determine how coercion affected patient satisfaction in …

Objective: This study sought to ascertain the degree to which psychiatric inpatients and staff
approved of various coercive measures commonly used in acute inpatient care. Methods: A …

In this review, we compare the use of coercion in mental health care in Germany and in the
Netherlands. Legal frameworks and published data on involuntary commitment, involuntary …

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 …

OBJECTIVES: Staff attitudes to the use of coercion are assumed to be a predictive factor for
how much coercion is used in mental health care. The aim of this project has been to …