Background: Involuntary psychiatric admissions are a widely used practice despite ethical
concerns about coercion. There are particular concerns that vulnerable groups, such as …

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 …

Involuntary hospitalization has long been a contentious issue worldwide. In Greece, the
frequency of compulsory admissions is assumed to be alarmingly high; however, no study …

Background It is an important objective of the psychiatric services to keep the use of
involuntary procedures to a minimum, as the use of coercion involves clinical, ethical, and …

Background: Despite the extensive research and intense debate on coercion in psychiatry
we have seen in recent years, little is still known about formally voluntarily admitted patients …

Background: When persons with a mental illness present a danger to themselves or others,
involuntary hospital admission can be used to initiate an immediate inpatient treatment …

Involuntary hospitalizations have come to the fore due to growing concerns that Europe may
be in the throes of reinstitutionalization. In Greece, the topic is of sheer importance in light of …

Involuntary hospitalizations have come to the fore due to growing concerns that Europe may
be in the throes of reinstitutionalization. In Greece, the topic is of sheer importance in light of …

The increasing rates of involuntary hospitalization constitute a major ethical issue in
psychiatric practice. The present cohort study endeavours to investigate the relationship …

Objective The present study aimed to characterize involuntary psychiatric admissions and
coercive measures within psychiatric hospitals regarding their temporal development and …