Introduction Aggression and violence are highly complex problems in acute psychiatry that
often lead to the coercive interventions. The Safewards Model is an evidence-informed …

Background Previous studies comparing restraint data from different countries had to rely on
randomly published data and showed wide variance in the prevalence of restraint between …

Background: In Germany, people suffering from severe mental illness who have committed
serious offenses and have considerably reduced or suspended criminal responsibility can …

BackgroundMany interventions to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint have been
suggested in the last decades. Evidence-based interventions in old age psychiatry are …

Background Coercive measures are among the most controversial interventions in
psychiatry. There is a large discrepancy between the sheer number of high-quality …

Coercive treatment with antipsychotic drugs was commonly used in German psychiatric
institutions until it became a topic of substantial medical, legal and ethical controversy. In …

Background and objectives Coercion is frequent in psychiatry, with an overall downward
trend. Knowledge on the application of seclusion and restraint in open wards remains …

Objective: In the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, involuntary medication of
psychiatric inpatients was illegal during eight months from July 2012 until February 2013 …

Background: Little is known about how patients in India perceive coercion in psychiatric
care. Aims: To assess perceived coercion in persons with mental disorder admitted …

Abstract Between 2016 and 2018, an evidence-based strategy for reducing conflict and
violence—the Safewards Model—was implemented in two locked wards of an acute …