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

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

Purpose To study the significance of 'therapeutic relationship'between nurses and patients
within the context of a psychiatric hospital. Method Narrative literature review. Content …

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

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? There is emerging evidence
highlighting the counter therapeutic impact of the use of restraint and promoting the …

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 …

Coercive interventions for psychiatric patients are controversial. Research on different
preventive measures has increased over the last years. The present study examined …

Coercive measures are commonly used as a method of intervention, despite insufficient
evidence for their effectiveness and benefits. The aim of this study was to describe how …

Objective To investigate psychiatric patients' subjective perception during and after belt
fixation. Method All patients who were involuntarily admitted and physically restrained at a …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject: The physical and psychological trauma
that can occur as a result of physical restraint is increasingly highlighted in the media and …