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 …

Background A proportion of people with mental health problems require longer term care in
a psychiatric or social care institution. However, there are no internationally agreed quality …

Background Previous research on mental health care has shown considerable differences
in use of seclusion, restraint and involuntary medication among different wards and …

Purpose This study aims to identify whether selected patient and ward-related factors are
associated with the use of coercive measures. Data were collected as part of the EUNOMIA …

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 …

Seclusion is now widely recognized as a coercive strategy with negative consequences for
the consumers and staff involved. Nevertheless, this intervention continues to be used …

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 Seclusion is an invasive clinical intervention used in inpatient psychiatric wards
as a continuation of milieu therapy with vast behavioural implications that raise many ethical …

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 interventions preventing mechanical restraints. DESIGN AND
METHODS: Systematic review of international research papers dealing with mechanical …