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 …

Background In this article, the sources and features of moral distress as experienced by
acute psychiatric care nurses are explored. Research design A qualitative design with 16 …

Background: In spite of a national strategy for reducing coercion in the mental health
services, Norway still has a high rate of involuntary treatment compared to other European …

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: The purpose of this study was toinvestigate moral distress in Irish psychiatric
nurses. Design: A qualitative descriptive methodology was used. Findings: The study …

The use of patient restrictions (eg involuntary admission, seclusion, restraint) is a complex
ethical dilemma in psychiatric care. The present study explored nurses'(n= 22) and …

Setting META Services (now Recovery Innovations) is a mental health agency that provides
a range of mental health recovery-oriented services. At the time of this study, two crisis …

People with mental illness are subjected to stigma and discrimination and constantly face
restrictions in the exercise of their political, civil and social rights. Considering this scenario …

Seclusion is now widely recognized as a coercive strategy with negative consequences for
the consumers and staff involved. Nevertheless, this intervention continues to be used …