Coercive practices are relatively common in mental healthcare, but coercion is ethically
problematic because it involves acting against an individual's autonomy. However, coercion …

Coercion has always been integral to the care and treatment of people who are mentally ill
and there is no 'perfect'model in which coercion is absent. A number of interventions have …

Making nursing decision for patients who cannot communicate their own wishes and needs
is a common problem in psychiatric and mental health nursing. The aim of this article is to …

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 …

Despite a long-standing tradition of the use of coercion in psychiatric care, such as
involuntary admission and treatment, few have systematically addressed this issue. In recent …

Background: Coercion in mental healthcare has led to ethical debate on its nature and use.
However, few studies have explicitly explored patients' moral evaluations of coercion. Aim …

The use of coercion in mental health care is not self‐evident and requires moral justification.
A joint understanding is difficult to achieve, because patients and health professionals often …

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 …

The use of coercion in psychiatric and mental health nursing is a major challenge, which can
lead to negative consequences for nurses and patients, including rupture in the therapeutic …

Coercion is a subjective response to a particular intervention and has been considered an
unfortunate but necessary part of the care of people with psychiatric illness. Its ethical …