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 …

Importance Compulsory admissions, defined as admissions against the will of the patient
(according to local judicial procedures), have a strong effect on psychiatric patients. In …

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

Restraint in mental health care has negative consequences, and guidelines/policies calling
for its reduction have emerged internationally. However, there is tension between reducing …

Forensic psychiatry in Europe is a specialty primarily concerned with individuals who have
either offended or present a risk of doing so, and who also suffer from a psychiatric …

Objectives Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication
errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Coercive interventions (CI) in
emergency psychiatry face increasing criticism, as they can be an emotional, even traumatic …

Purpose This study aims to identify whether selected patient and ward-related factors are
associated with the use of coercive measures. Data were collected as part of the EUNOMIA …

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