Forced hospitalization of people with mental disorders has long been a critical issue in the
mental health services. Coercion and Aggressive Community Treatment is the first sustained …

Issues of concern regarding coercion of psychiatric patients, which were once relevant only
to psychiatric hospitalization, are now applicable to the community arena as well. The need …

Debate over the role of coercion in mental hospital admission frequently invokes the
prospective patient's moral right to decision-making autonomy and individual dignity (eg …

According to the philosopher Charles Taylor (1989), the moral origins of our viewpoints
remain largely implicit until some challenge pushes them into the foreground. Coercion in …

Coercion in community-based programs has become an increasing concern (Parrish, 1992).
Much of this concern has coincided with the development of assertive (or aggressive) …

This chapter addresses the issues of coercion and leverage in clinical outreach to persons
who are homeless and have a severe mental illness. The terms coercion and leverage refer …

In the mental health law debate over justification for civil commitment of mentally ill persons,
coercion has been a central issue. Participants in the debate have tended to separate into …

Coerced mental health treatment in the community that is mandated by court order is known
as outpatient commitment. This official mandatory mental health treatment in the community …

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 …

Any discussion of coerced mental health treatment must begin with a definition of the term"
coercion." In its most basic meaning, the term coercion connotes force or duress, or at least …