Background Despite the scarce evidence for patients' benefits of coercion and its well-
documented negative effects, the use of compulsion is still very common around Europe …

AIMS OF THE STUDY In daily clinical work, coercion continues to be highly prevalent, with
rates differing between countries and sometimes even within countries or between wards of …

Methods The main objective of the European Evaluation of Coercion in Psychiatry and
Harmonization of Best Clinical Practice (EUNOMIA) project was to analyze national …

Background: Most countries allow for the use of involuntary admission of patients. While
some countries have stable or declining rates of involuntary admission, this type of coercion …

Purpose Reducing the use of coercion among patients with mental disorders has long been
a political priority. However, risk factors for coercive measures have primarily been …

Purpose This study aims to identify whether selected patient and ward-related factors are
associated with the use of coercive measures. Data were collected as part of the EUNOMIA …

Involuntary care is a feature of mental health services around the world. In addition to
involuntary admission and treatment, specific coercive practices include seclusion and …

To find out to what extent coercion and restrictions are used in psychiatric inpatient treatment
and with which patient characteristics the use of coercion is associated. To this end, the …

Background: Mechanical restraints and forced procedures in psychiatric wards are of major
concern in Denmark and there is a desire to reduce these procedures to a minimum. So far …

In this review, we compare the use of coercion in mental health care in Germany and in the
Netherlands. Legal frameworks and published data on involuntary commitment, involuntary …