Australian mental health services continue to use involuntary measures in response to
consumers' mental distress. Regardless of the intent behind these practices, the experience …

The balance between care and control in mental health social work is one of constant
tension. In the State of Victoria, Australia, the Mental Health Act 2014 gives coercive powers …

BackgroundStakeholders worldwide increasingly acknowledge the need to address
coercive practices in mental healthcare. Options have been described and evaluated in …

Since the 1980s, mental health social workers in the UK have been mandated to use powers
of compulsion that have profound consequences, both positive and negative, for service …

There is probably no more unpleasant task for a clinician working in mental health than
imposing treatment on an unwilling patient; and probably no experience for the patient that …

Challenging contemporary mental health policy: time to assuage the coercion? Background.
In the United Kingdom (UK) and elsewhere throughout the world, the policy and legal …

The treatment of mental illness is undergoing a paradigm shift, moving away from
involuntary treatments towards rights-based, patient-centred care. However, rates of …

The relationship between coercion and care is complex. Legislative schemes for the
compulsory detention and treatment of individuals with severe mental illnesses, those with …

Increasingly, mental health social workers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the
world are employing coercive interventions with clients. This paper explores this trend in the …

Background Seclusion and restraint are interventions currently permitted for use in mental
health services to control or manage a person's behaviour. In Australia, serious concerns …