Background: Determining the clinical effects of coercion is a difficult challenge, raising
ethical, legal, and methodological questions. Despite limited scientific evidence on …

Objectives Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication
errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated …

Abstract The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) was a step that was essential, once the
Government of India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with …

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 …

Coercion of service users/patients when receiving care and treatment has been a serious
dilemma for mental health services since at least the 18th century, and the debate about …

Purpose To identify and summarise extant knowledge about patient ethnicity and the use of
various types of restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings. Methods A …

Restraint and seclusion are measures to restrict the movement of a person. The
predominant reason cited for the use of restraint in mental health settings is the safety of the …

The decision to use coercive measures (restraint, seclusion and forced medication) in
psychiatric practice is controversial in mental health care. The EUNOMIA study was funded …

BackgroundCoercive or restrictive practices such as compulsory admission, involuntary
medication, seclusion and restraint impinge on individual autonomy. International …

This article reviews current evidence on the use of coercive measures, including seclusion
and restraint, in psychiatric in-patient settings in Europe. There is a particular focus on …