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 …

Background: To better understand the kinds of ethical challenges that emerge when using
coercion in mental healthcare, and the importance of these ethical challenges, this article …

Aim. This paper reports a study of staff and patient perspectives on the causes of patient
aggression and the way it is managed. Background. The incidence of aggression in …

Following an initial springboard study, a further more extensive piece of research was
conducted to identify and evaluate approaches used to manage patient aggression and …

This paper examines mental health nurses' experiences of physical restraint in an acute
inpatient psychiatric setting using Van Manen's descriptive hermeneutic phenomenological …

Eighteen involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients narrated their experiences of being
subjected to coercion and their thoughts on how to prevent the coercion. A qualitative …

Patients who are involuntary admitted to psychiatric care are extremely vulnerable as a
consequence of the control from others, and of the personal limitations due to a psychiatric …

Experiences of coercion in psychiatric care as narrated by patients, nurses and physicians
Aim. The aim of the study was to increase understanding of psychiatric patients', nurses' and …

This study examines the use of coercive sexual strategies by men and the outcomes of these
behaviors for women. Using a sample of 541 college undergraduates, data were gathered …

Coercive practices are relatively common in mental healthcare, but coercion is ethically
problematic because it involves acting against an individual's autonomy. However, coercion …