AimsTo examine the extent and nature of coercive practices in mental healthcare and to
consider the ethical, human rights challenges facing the current clinical practices in this …

Background The increasing rate of compulsory admission to psychiatric inpatient beds in
England is worrying. Studying variation between places and services could be key to …

In this paper, we explore ethnic inequalities in severe mental illness and care experiences.
We consider the barriers to progressive and cohesive action and propose ways of …

BackgroundIndividual variables and area-level variables have been identified as explaining
much of the variance in rates of compulsory in-patient treatment. AimsTo describe rates of …

While reviews of evidence suggests that early intervention for psychosis can reduce risk of
transition to psychosis, they also highlight that we need to understand early intervention …

Aim The objective of this study was to explore the attitudes and beliefs that second‐
generation South Asian women living in Britain hold about counselling, with a particular …

BackgroundThe steep rise in the rate of psychiatric hospital detentions in England is poorly
understood. AimsTo identify explanations for the rise in detentions in England since 1983; to …

Abstract The Mental Health Promotion and Welfare Act, revised in 2016, tightened the
involuntary admission regulations and processes, such as reporting involuntary admission …

The number of detentions by the police under section 136 of the Mental Health Act has
significantly increased over recent years. Over the same period, relative funding of mental …

Background Compulsory mental health hospital admissions are increasing in several
European countries but are coercive and potentially distressing. It is important to identify …