Executive summary It is time to end all forms of stigma and discrimination against people
with mental health conditions, for whom there is double jeopardy: the impact of the primary …

The relationship between mental health and human rights is complex and bidirectional.
Global mental health movements have been emphasizing the promotion of human rights in …

Objective: Characterizing commitment as an involuntary psychiatric emergency detention
that possibly extends into a longer-term detention, the authors aimed to calculate population …

Objective Research on coercion in mental healthcare has recently shifted to the
investigation of subjective aspects, both on the side of the people with mental disorders …

Abstract Background On 23 July 2018, the German Constitutional Court decided that
mechanical restraint in psychiatric patients lasting longer than 30 minutes requires a judge's …

Background The World Psychiatric Association recently emphasised that the protection of
human rights in mental healthcare was a 'central concern'. This paper examines recent …

Psychiatric emergencies occur frequently in the community setting, eg the patient's home or
public places. Little is known about the characteristics and outcome of these situations. This …

Article 12 (3) CRPD requires states parties to provide access by persons with disabilities to
the support they may require in exercising their legal capacity. This is to ensure that the …

Background: Individual staff factors, such as personality traits and attitudes, are increasingly
seen as an important factor in the reduction of coercion in mental health services. At the …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Involuntary detention is a legislative
power that allows people to be taken against their will for a mandatory mental health …