Background: In spite of a national strategy for reducing coercion in the mental health
services, Norway still has a high rate of involuntary treatment compared to other European …

Background: Informal coercion, that is, situations where caregivers use subtle coercive
measures to impose their will on patients, is common in adult psychiatric inpatient care. It …

The aim of this study was to explore possible regional differences in the use of coercion in
psychiatric care as experienced by patients and relatives. At four psychiatric care settings in …

Purpose Previous research has shown considerable differences in how often coercive
measures are used in mental health care between groups of patients, institutions and …

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 …

Background The use of coercion is morally problematic and requires an ongoing critical
reflection. We wondered if not knowing or being uncertain whether coercion is morally right …

Eighteen involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients narrated their experiences of being
subjected to coercion and their thoughts on how to prevent the coercion. A qualitative …

OBJECTIVES: Staff attitudes to the use of coercion are assumed to be a predictive factor for
how much coercion is used in mental health care. The aim of this project has been to …

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 …

Experiences of coercion in psychiatric care as narrated by patients, nurses and physicians
Aim. The aim of the study was to increase understanding of psychiatric patients', nurses' and …