In mental health and psychiatric care, the use of involuntary psychiatric treatment for people
with mental disorders is still a central and contentious issue. The main objective of this …

Background Compulsory treatments represent a legal means of imposing treatment on an
individual, usually with a mental illness, who refuses therapeutic intervention and poses a …

This chapter explores socio-economic inclusion as an international human right for people
with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities and the role of mental health law in …

Community treatment orders (CTOs), which allow for involuntary psychiatric treatment of
individuals who meet particular legal criteria while they are living in the community, have …

Although notions of personal autonomy are increasingly enshrined as the primary principle
of ethical medical practice, psychiatry appears to have real difficulty in applying this. Notions …

Introduction: À travers le monde, le recours à la coercition en soins psychiatriques,
notamment par l'hospitalisation et le traitement involontaire, est croissant. Le Québec …

Principlism is the dominant ethical theory in modern medicine. Autonomy is 'king'of the
principles espoused and operationalised in consent. Consent is the mechanism by which all …

This article presents the research protocol of an interpretative phenomenological study that
aims to understand the lived experiences of coercion and human rights-based practices in …

La violation des droits humains par le recours grandissant à la coercition en soins
psychiatriques est préoccupante, notamment en contexte d'hospitalisation et de traitement …

This thesis reports on a critical ethnographic study that has examined the culture of practice
and care planning for consumers on community treatment orders (CTOs) in two community …