Under certain conditions, coercive interventions in psychotic patients can help to regain
insight and alleviate symptoms, but can also traumatize subjects. This study explored …

Background: It has long been debated whether coercion can be justified as paternalism in
the field of mental health and it is still a continuing issue of controversy today. Aims: This …

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

Background: Determining the clinical effects of coercion is a difficult challenge, raising
ethical, legal, and methodological questions. Despite limited scientific evidence on …

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: Increasing patient autonomy and decreasing coercion are frequently cited goals
in mental health care. Research suggests that the therapeutic relationship and patients' …

The use of involuntary treatment in psychiatry comes with some benefits and many
disadvantages for the patient's experience and the therapeutic outcome. This review …

Objective: Various forms of compulsory psychiatric community treatment orders (CTOs) are
commonly utilized internationally. CTOs remain contentious because of the ethical …

Background Involuntary care and coercive measures are frequently present in mental
healthcare for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent …

BackgroundCoercive treatment comprises a broad range of practices, ranging from implicit
or explicit pressure to accept certain treatment to the use of forced practices such as …