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: Despite the extensive research and intense debate on coercion in psychiatry
we have seen in recent years, little is still known about formally voluntarily admitted patients …

Background: In clinical psychiatric practice, health care professionals (HCP) must decide in
exceptional circumstances after the weighing of interests, which, if any, containment …

Coercion in mental healthcare does not only affect the patient, but also the patient's families.
Using data from interviews with 36 family members of adult and adolescent people with …

Objective: Between June 2012 and February 2013, two decisions by the German Federal
Constitutional Court restricted the so-far common practice to use involuntary medication in …

In the era of deinstitutionalisation of psychiatric patients, steady or even increasing rates of
compulsory commitment to care (CCC) are an intriguing phenomenon to analyse. From a …

ObjectivesThe 'Service Users' Perspective of their Admission'study examined voluntarily and
involuntarily admitted services users' perception of coercion during the admission process …

ObjectivesTo establish if the relatively low rate of involuntary psychiatric admission in a
suburban area between 2007 and 2011 was maintained in 2014/2015, and explore key …

Last week, I hospitalized a patient against her will, based in part on what her family
members told me she had threatened to do. The patient threatened to sue me and said I …

Wie een psychische kwetsbaarheid heeft en zichzelf of anderen in gevaar brengt, kan tot
opname in een psychiatrische afdeling gedwongen worden. Deze beschermingsmaatregel …