In psychiatry, caregivers try to get free and informed consent of patients, but often feel
required to restrict freedom and to use coercion. The present article develops ethical advice …

Compulsory interventions severely restrict constitutional rights of the patients. They are
exceptional measures only to be considered under strict and clearly defined ethical and …

In the debate on compulsory treatment of psychiatric patients (Zwangsbehandlung), an
excessive emphasis has recently been placed on patient's rights to self-determination …

The practice of coercion on the basis of psychosocial disability is plainly discriminatory. This
has resulted in a demand from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the …

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 …

Mental health patients are denied authority over treatment decisions far more often than
patients with other types of disorders. Only psychiatric patients are routinely subjected to …

According to a recent convention on human rights and biomedicine, coercive treatment of
psychiatric patients may only be given if, without such treatment, serious harm is likely to …

The dominant rights‐based approach to the ethics of coercion in psychiatric treatment
guides clinicians in deciding whether treatment should be compelled or the patient's …

The aim of this paper is to present a solution to a problem that arises from the fact that
people who commit crimes under the influence of serious mental disorders may still have a …