Objective This review aimed to provide an aggregative synthesis of the qualitative evidence
on patients' experienced coercion during voluntary and involuntary psychiatric …

Background Despite absence of clear evidence to assert that the use of coercion in
psychiatry is practically and clinically helpful or effective, coercive measures are widely …

Background Involuntary admissions (IA) to psychiatric hospitals are controversial because
they interfere with people's autonomy. In some situations, however, they appear to be …

During the prodromal phase of psychosis, individuals may experience an aberrant
attribution of salience to irrelevant stimuli. The concept of aberrant salience has been …

Introduction Patient satisfaction with care is widely recognized as one of the most important
indicator of quality in mental health care. It can impact several treatment outcomes, such as …

Background Coercion perceived by psychiatric inpatients is not exclusively determined by
formal measures such as involuntary admissions, seclusion or restraint, but is also …

Background While specialized early intervention programs represent the gold standard in
terms of optimal management of first-episode psychosis (FEP), poor medication adherence …

BackgroundFrequently associated with early psychosis, depressive and manic dimensions
may play an important role in its course and outcome. While manic and depressive …

Various coercive measures can be used to legally compel a person suffering from
psychiatric disorder to undergo treatment. However, evidence suggests that patients' feeling …

In this paper, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic offers a particularly salient moment in
which to identify and reflect on shifts in psychiatric carcerality in highly concrete ways …