Coercive measures (CM) in psychiatry adversely affect patients and efforts to minimize CM
are steadily increasing. One area that has not been a strong focus of preventative efforts to …

Background Joint Crisis Plans (JCP) and crisis cards (CC) are both instruments designed to
improve the management of future psychiatric crisis situations, but they differ, for example, in …

Background Interventions to prevent the use of coercion in psychiatric hospitals have been
summarized in the 2018 German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and …

BackgroundMany interventions to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint have been
suggested in the last decades. Evidence-based interventions in old age psychiatry are …

Introduction Psychiatric treatment on a ward with open-door policy is associated with
reduced numbers of coercive measures. The effect of the door policy of previous stays …

Zusammenfassung Ziel der Arbeit (Fragestellung) Können die aus der S3-Leitlinie
„Verhinderung von Zwang “abgeleiteten Implementierungsempfehlungen auf …

Zwang in der Psychiatrie stellt ein anhaltendes Problem dar und wird national wie
international kritisch diskutiert. Trotz aller Bemühungen gelang es bisher nicht, die Zahl der …

Introduction The PreVCo study examines whether a structured, operationalized
implementation of guidelines to prevent coercion actually leads to fewer coercive measures …

Nurses working in psychiatric hospitals are at risk of exposure to violent incidents, resulting
in burnout and job dissatisfaction. The study was based on three appreciative inquiry …

Establishing a stable and trusting therapeutic relationship is of particular relevance in the
treatment of people with (severe) mental disorders and plays a crucial role in preventing …