The authors describe studies showing the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient
commitment in improving treatment compliance, reducing hospital readmission, and …

Title. Coerced medication in psychiatric inpatient care: literature review. Aim. This paper is a
report of a narrative review of the coercive use of medication in inpatient psychiatric care to …

In 2009 the WPA President established a Task Force that was to examine available
evidence about the stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists and to make …

Shared decision-making refers to a process of health care delivery in which practitioners
and clients seeking help for problems or disorders collaborate to access relevant information …

Purpose Some patients criticize coercive mental health treatment using extremely strong
words. This may be connected to poor therapeutic relationships and unfavourable treatment …

Therapeutic jurisprudence is the study of the law's healing potential (Wexler & Winick, 1996;
Wexler & Winick, 1991; Winick, 2005; Winick, 1997b). An interdisciplinary approach to legal …

Modern mental health law was conceived when courts and commentators recognized that
psychiatrists and other mental health professionals often promised society—and the legal …

" The 2nd edition of" Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing" continues to takes its popular
holistic approach, helping students and beginning practitioners understand the complex …

According to what we propose to call “the competence model,” competence is a necessary
condition for valid informed consent. If a person is not competent to make a treatment …

The aims of this study were to describe: patient experiences of and nurse perceptions of
patient experiences of forced medication before, during and after forced medication; patient …