Introduction Coercion is frequently used in mental health practice. Since it overrides some
patients' fundamental human rights, adequate use of coercion requires legal and ethical …

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 …

Coercive psychiatric treatment (involuntary hospitalisation, seclusion, restraint and forced
medication) varies widely between European countries with regard to legal background …

Objective There is debate regarding the use of coercion in the psychiatric services and how
to minimize its use. We examine changes in the use of coercion in one Norwegian …

Abstract Background In 2019, the Council of Europe agreed to urge member states to take
steps toward total abolition of psychiatric coercive measures. Aims To test if this aspiration is …

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 …

Previous national research has shown significant variation in several aspects of coercive
treatment measures in psychiatry. The EUNOMIA project, an international study funded by …

Introduction Implementation models, frameworks and theories (hereafter tools) provide
researchers and clinicians with an approach to understand the processes and mechanisms …

Background: Individual staff factors, such as personality traits and attitudes, are increasingly
seen as an important factor in the reduction of coercion in mental health services. At the …

Objective Research on coercion in mental healthcare has recently shifted to the
investigation of subjective aspects, both on the side of the people with mental disorders …