Background: Children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders frequently experience
hospital treatment as coercive. In particular, for patients with severe anorexia nervosa (AN) …

Introduction Fears of relapse in people diagnosed with schizophrenia have long been
recognised as an impediment to recovery and wellbeing. However, the extent of the …

The WHO QualityRights initiative: building partnerships among psychiatrists, people with lived
experience and other key stakehol Page 1 Editorial The WHO QualityRights initiative: building …

Youth who become involved in the juvenile justice system are at highly elevated risk for
many emotional and behavioral problems. Past research has often focused on trauma …

Over the past decade, police involvement in behavioral health crisis response has
generated concern and controversy. Despite the salience and timeliness of this topic, the …

Objective There has been an increase in youth psychiatric emergencies and psychiatric
inpatient hospitalizations in recent years. Mobile crisis response (MCR) services offer an …

Background Mental health crisis care includes emergency departments (EDs), crisis phone
lines and crisis alternatives. Currently, there is an overreliance on EDs to provide mental …

Introduction Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization occurs when someone with a serious
mental disorder requires treatment without their consent. Trends vary globally, and currently …

Following discharge from inpatient psychiatry, patients experience elevated suicide risk,
unplanned readmission, and lack of outpatient follow-up visits. These negative outcomes …

The USA is dealing with well-documented issues around mental health and its treatment.
The Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) workforce is growing and practicing in a variety of roles …