Background: To better understand the kinds of ethical challenges that emerge when using
coercion in mental healthcare, and the importance of these ethical challenges, this article …

Background In involuntary psychiatric admission, used globally, professionals or caretakers
decide upon hospitalization regardless of what the person with psychosocial disabilities …

Everyday life consists of daily activities that are taken for granted. It forms the foundation for
human efforts and contains elements of both comfort and boredom. Because everyday life …

Background: Care received on psychiatric inpatient units is frequently noted by patients to
be poor and at times detrimental to their recovery, despite some recent improvements …

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and the second cause of
death among those ages 15–24 years. The current standard of care for suicidality …

Background In recent years, the attention on the use of coercion in mental health care has
increased. The use of coercion is common and controversial, and involves many complex …

Historically, people with mental ill‐health have been isolated from society. Although mental
health care has moved from closed to more open forms of care, in many societies care is still …

Background Patient-reported satisfaction with inpatient psychiatric services, within the first
few days of admission, is related to positive future outcomes. Despite its predictive value …

Background: Existing reports of the environmental aspects of recovery from mental illness
have been confined to consideration of community spaces and the natural environment …

Aims and objectives To elucidate how women subjected to physical, emotional and/or
sexual abuse experience the care provided at a general psychiatric clinic after the …