Background: Determining the clinical effects of coercion is a difficult challenge, raising
ethical, legal, and methodological questions. Despite limited scientific evidence on …

AimsTo examine the extent and nature of coercive practices in mental healthcare and to
consider the ethical, human rights challenges facing the current clinical practices in this …

Background Physical restraint is a coercive intervention used to prevent individuals from
harming themselves or others. However, serious adverse effects have been reported …

Purpose This study aims to identify whether selected patient and ward-related factors are
associated with the use of coercive measures. Data were collected as part of the EUNOMIA …

To assess the association between different types of coercive measures (forced medication,
seclusion, and restraint) used during involuntary psychiatric admission and two treatment …

One approach to manage people with behaviours of concern including agitated or
aggressive behaviours in health care settings is through the use of fast‐acting medication …

Background Despite the scarce evidence for patients' benefits of coercion and its well-
documented negative effects, the use of compulsion is still very common around Europe …

Cannabis liberalization is a fascinating case study in moral-legal re-negotiation. From broad
international examples of decriminalization to specific local legalization models, numerous …

Purpose To identify and summarise extant knowledge about patient ethnicity and the use of
various types of restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings. Methods A …

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the implementation of the Safewards model
reduces the frequency of coercive measures in adult psychiatric inpatient units. Data on all …