Background It is an important objective of the psychiatric services to keep the use of
involuntary procedures to a minimum, as the use of coercion involves clinical, ethical, and …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? The use of chemical restraint in
emergency situations is to control aggression or violence to protect consumers and staff and …

The use of coercion in mental health care is not self‐evident and requires moral justification.
A joint understanding is difficult to achieve, because patients and health professionals often …

Background Research in recent years has demonstrated that the use of coercive measures
such as seclusion and restraint differs very much between hospitals within a country. In …

Background Chemical restraint (CR)(also known as rapid tranquilisation) is the forced (non‐
consenting) administration of medications to manage uncontrolled aggression, anxiety, or …

Aims: Despite the excess mortality and morbidity associated with acute poisoning by
substances of abuse, follow-up is frequently not organised. We assessed morbidity …

Patient aggressive behaviour remains a significant public health concern worldwide. The
use of restraint and seclusion remains a last resort but not an uncommon practice in clinical …

Background In psychiatric treatment containment measures are used to de-escalate high-
risk situations. These measures can be characterized by their immanent amount of coercion …

Tvangsbruk kompliserer allianser og pasientens opplevelse av omsorg. Spørsmålet er i
hvilke situasjoner pasienter opplever at tvang er akseptabelt, og hvordan helsepersonell …

Recently the Norwegian Health Minister ordered the creation of medication-free treatment
wards as a result of the lobbying by patients' groups and activists. The idea behind this is …