In addition to involuntary treatment, patients with severe mental illness are routinely subject
to other pressures such as leverage to improve their adherence to treatment. Little clinical or …

It is essential to consider and understand the perspectives of psychiatric providers (eg
psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, caseworkers/keyworkers) on coercion, given …

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 …

Background/Objectives: Coercion usually has been equated with legal detention. Many
'voluntary'patients however perceive their community mental health care as coerced. The …

Background The weight of the evidence on mandated outpatient treatment indicates that it is
effective in reducing victimization, violence, arrests, and hospitalization. Some of the …

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 …

Background The use of coercion in the treatment of persons with serious mental illness is a
long debated strategy to gain adherence to treatment for persons believed to be cognitively …

The use of coercion to assure that people with a mental illness receive treatment has been
the focus one of the longest running controversies among mental health professionals. Until …

Known by a variety of names—community treatment orders in the United Kingdom and other
Commonwealth countries and involuntary outpatient commitment or assisted outpatient …

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 …