Objective This paper addresses the question of the circumstances which lead clinicians to
use legal coercion in the management of patients with severe anorexia nervosa, and …

Objective: This paper explores similarities and differences between formal coercion and
other forms of 'strong persuasion'in clinical decision-making about medical management of …

Because of its high mortality and treatment resistence, clinicians sometimes invoke the law
in aid of retaining their most acutely ill-patients in treatment or re-feeding programs …

Background: The high mortality of severe anorexia nervosa causes clinicians to consider
any legal avenues for coercing acutely ill-patients to remain in treatment or re-feeding …

Medicine and ethics, rather than the law, are the dominant players in deciding if and when
coercion is appropriately deployed within clinical management of a condition. The same is …

Purpose We explored associations between clinical factors, including eating disorder
psychopathology and more general psychopathology, and involuntary treatment in patients …

Objective The use of coercion in the treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN) is controversial and
the limited studies to date have focused on involuntary treatment. However, coercive …

Objective Involuntary treatment is controversial and widely debated, but remains a
significant component of treatment for severe anorexia nervosa. Given how little is known …

Eating disorders comprise a diverse group, which includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia
nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other non specific eating disorders. Recently the rising …

Compulsory treatment for anorexia nervosa was recently once again a topic for discussion
following the case of J, a 16-year-old girl who unsuccessfully applied to the Court of Appeal …