This paper explores some of the controversies in the debate regarding the justification of
civil commitment. The sometimes conflicting values reflected in the mental health legislation …

Rationale: Whereas the distinction between committed and voluntary admissions in mental
health is clear from a legal point of view, this clarity is not always present in the patients' …

Coercive treatment regimens have increased in variety and intensity over the past decade
and include such options as outpatient commitment (OPC) and mental health courts. The …

Objective: Adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHC) experience higher rates of
disengagement from treatment. Factors associated with engagement in treatment in general …

Coercion is a subjective response to a particular intervention and has been considered an
unfortunate but necessary part of the care of people with psychiatric illness. Its ethical …

Objective: Coercion during psychiatric admissions has been a topic of debate for many
years. Although there has been considerable research on patients' perceptions of coercion …

Aims Little is known about the outcome of brief inpatient treatment interventions in routine
psychiatric practice. The aim of this article was to study if subjective and assessed outcome …

Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs) were established under the Mental Health Act
(MHA) 1959 as one of the 'main safeguards against improper admission under compulsory …

Many patients experience psychiatric hospital admission as coercive (Hoge et al., 1997; Lidz
et al., 1995; McKenna, Simpson, & Laidlaw, 1999; Monahan et al., 1995; Nicholson …