Background Despite the scarce evidence for patients' benefits of coercion and its well-
documented negative effects, the use of compulsion is still very common around Europe …

Objective Coercion is a controversial issue in mental health care. Recent research highlights
that coercion is a relational phenomenon, although, it remains unclear how this …

OBJECTIVE: Clinicians' decision making about involuntary commitment was examined, with
a focus on the effects of patient and clinician characteristics and bed availability on …

Countertransference among hospital staff was investigated as part of ongoing research on
difficult-to-treat psychiatric hospital patients. Staff's ratings of their emotional reactions to 127 …

The relationship between patient and therapist in mental health care is one of the most
important treatment factors. It is a reliable predictor of treatment outcome, regardless of …

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 …

Background: Questions concerning non-consensual treatment in mental health services
have assumed an increased salience. In significant part, this has been due to changes in …

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study was to describe Finnish psychiatric nurses'
ethical perceptions about coercive measures in acute psychiatric setting. Methods: The data …

Purpose Some patients criticize coercive mental health treatment using extremely strong
words. This may be connected to poor therapeutic relationships and unfavourable treatment …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify demographic and clinical
characteristics of psychiatric inpatients who stalk, threaten, or harass hospital staff after …