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 …

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

Introduction Aggression and violence are highly complex problems in acute psychiatry that
often lead to the coercive interventions. The Safewards Model is an evidence-informed …

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 …

Background. Compulsory admission procedures of patients with mental disorders vary
between countries in Europe. The Ethics Committee of the European Psychiatric Association …

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

Involuntary psychiatric admission is an increasing, widespread practice adopted throughout
the world; however, its legal regulation and practice are still under debate, and it is subject to …

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Coercive measures are frequently used in psychiatric hospitalization. However, there are
few studies that analyse perceived coercion, post‐traumatic stress, and subjective …