The use of involuntary treatment in psychiatry comes with some benefits and many
disadvantages for the patient's experience and the therapeutic outcome. This review …

Introduction: This paper reviews studies on outcomes of involuntary hospital admissions in
general adult psychiatry, and predictors of outcomes. Method: Studies assessing observer …

Previous work examining how individuals enter mental health treatment comes either from
the health services utilization tradition, which implicitly assumes that clients make decisions …

Das bietet die genaue Beschreibung rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen sowie praktischer
und formaler Aspekte der Begutachtung und die Behandlung spezieller Fragestellungen der …

Background: Questions concerning non-consensual treatment in mental health services
have assumed an increased salience. In significant part, this has been due to changes in …

Purpose Some patients criticize coercive mental health treatment using extremely strong
words. This may be connected to poor therapeutic relationships and unfavourable treatment …

Approximately 700,000 people with major mental disorder enter United States jails each
year (US Department of Justice, 1999), many of whom are arrested repeatedly for minor …

The relationship between patient and therapist in mental health care is one of the most
important treatment factors. It is a reliable predictor of treatment outcome, regardless of …

Objective: Increasing patient autonomy and decreasing coercion are frequently cited goals
in mental health care. Research suggests that the therapeutic relationship and patients' …

The article reviews literature concerning patients' expectations of psychiatric care. Early
research (pre-1980) is outlined, followed by a systematic review of 21 studies fulfilling …