BackgroundLittle is known about the proportion of psychiatric in-patients who lack capacity
to make treatment decisions, or the associations of lack of capacity. AimsTo determine the …

Locked inpatient units are an increasing phenomenon, introduced in response to unforseen
abscondences and suicides of patients. This paper identifies some value issues concerning …

Introduction: Various forms of coercion are used in the psychiatric care of patients with self-
injurious behaviors, but there is little research on how these are perceived by the patients …

Clinical dilemmas in medicine involve reasoning about what 'can'be done, using technical
skills and knowledge. Ethical dilemmas involve reasoning about what 'should'be done by …

Una de las características de la anorexia nerviosa es que quienes la manifiestan rechazan
a menudo el tratamiento a pesar del peligro que ello supone para su salud y niegan el …

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 …

While the development of community care has increased the freedom of many psychiatric
patients, an active debate continues about the limits to freedom in the community …

Syftet med studien var att undersöka anorektiska patienters upplevelse av tvångsvård enligt
LPT (Lagen om psykiatrisk tvångsvård) utifrån en psykologisk ram, för att nå fördjupad …

In any given year, approximately 20% of Canadians suffer from mental health problems, and
treatment-seeking has been shown to be least likely in older adults. Although decades of …

Whenever coercion is practiced, questions concerning the legitimacy of the coercee to use
such force lurk abound. One domain of human experience in which questions about the …