Introduction: Mental health policies have encouraged removals of psychiatric beds in many
countries. It is under debate whether to continue those trends. We conducted a systematic …

Objectives. UK literature on mental health services for ethnic minority service users relies
heavily on perceptions of professionals, carers and community representatives. This …

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of involuntary admissions with
regard to seasonality and clinical associated features, in a sample of patients admitted to a …

Objective: Environmental conditions during early life may affect individual vulnerability to
both physiological changes as well as psychiatric conditions, especially in those with a …

Objective The number of psychiatric hospital beds in England has declined since the 1950s.
Since the early 2000s, mental health staff increasingly work in community treatment teams …

In the UK, applications for involuntary admission to psychiatric units are made mainly by
specially trained approved social workers (ASWs). Proposed changes in the legislation will …

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

BACKGROUND: In England, rates of involuntary admissions increased in subgroups of
patients. It is unknown whether this is true in other European countries. AIMS: To establish …

Background Over recent years, the number of compulsory admissions in many countries has
increased, probably as a result of the shift from inpatient to outpatient mental health care …

Background The involuntary admission regulated under the Mental Health Act has become
an increasingly important issue in the developed countries in recent years. Most studies …