Objective: Disengagement from services by people with serious mental illnesses continues
to be a major challenge for the mental health system. Assertive community treatment …

Objective: Various forms of compulsory psychiatric community treatment orders (CTOs) are
commonly utilized internationally. CTOs remain contentious because of the ethical …

Objective: Increasing patient autonomy and decreasing coercion are frequently cited goals
in mental health care. Research suggests that the therapeutic relationship and patients' …

Policies to leverage adherence with community-based mental health treatment have
become widespread; however, little research exists on the attitudes of persons with …

The widespread adoption of assertive community treatment has resulted in a shift from an
individual model to a team model of case management. The shift has had implications for …

This study explores early alliance formation between adult consumers with schizophrenic-
spectrum disorders and their case managers from the consumers' perspectives using a …

Consumers' satisfaction with inpatient mental health care is recognized as a key quality
indicator that prospectively predicts functional and clinical outcomes. Coercive treatment …

ObjectivesThe 'Service Users' Perspective of their Admission'study examined voluntarily and
involuntarily admitted services users' perception of coercion during the admission process …

The working alliance between clients and helpers has been identified as a common factor of
treatment effectiveness, yet very little research has explored variables associated with …

Background Measures of perceived coercion at psychiatric hospital admission have been
developed. We aimed to investigate predictors of perceived coercion in subjects admitted to …