Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Aggressive behaviour is a major
problem in clinical practice of mental health care and can result in the use of coercive …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Coercive practices such as restraint
(physically holding a person) or seclusion (containing a person in locked room) are …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Coercive interventions (CI) in
emergency psychiatry face increasing criticism, as they can be an emotional, even traumatic …

Background While nurse‐sensitive outcomes (NSOs) are well established in numerous
health settings, to date there is no indicator suite of NSOs for inpatient mental health …

Background Coercive measures are containment methods used in psychiatry to curb
patients' disruptive and aggressive behaviours towards themselves, others or objects. The …

The appropriate treatment of mentally unwell, aggressive patients has challenged psychiatry
for centuries. Seclusion is practiced worldwide, but concerns remain regarding its …

Many determinants leading to the use of different coercive measures in psychiatry have
been widely studied and it seems that staff attitudes play a crucial role when it comes to the …

Objective Research on coercion in mental healthcare has recently shifted to the
investigation of subjective aspects, both on the side of the people with mental disorders …

Background and objectives Coercion in psychiatry is legally tolerated as a last resort. The
reduction of the use of coercion is a shared goal of hospital administrators, medical and …

Introduction Seclusion still occurs on mental health wards, despite absence of therapeutic
efficacy and high risks of adverse patient effects. Literature on the effect of nursing teams …