Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Aggressive behaviour is a major
problem in clinical practice of mental health care and can result in the use of coercive …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Psychiatric patients have generally
negative experiences of being exposed to coercive measures. Existing research has …

The discourse of safety has informed the care of individuals with mental illness through
institutionalization and into modern psychiatric nursing practices. Confinement arose from …

Restrictive practices continue to be used in mental health care despite increasing
recognition of their harms and an international effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate their …

Importance Reducing the use of coercion in mental health care is crucial from a human
rights and public health perspective. Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are promising …

The aim of this study is to present concrete descriptions of the content in the construction of
helpful relationships with staff, according to users. Starting with the re-occurring concept of …

Objectives Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication
errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated …

The use of coercion in psychiatric and mental health nursing is a major challenge, which can
lead to negative consequences for nurses and patients, including rupture in the therapeutic …

Objective Coercion is a controversial issue in mental health care. Recent research highlights
that coercion is a relational phenomenon, although, it remains unclear how this …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Aggression and violence are persistent
problems in psychiatric inpatient units. Violence preventive factors have been identified from …