ArticleActa psychiatrica Scandinavica2020
Preventing and reducing 'coercion' in mental health services: an international scoping review of English-language studies.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic literature review of the use of Staff Attitudes to Coercion Scale (SACS).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Measurement Properties of the Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical and social factors associated with involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation in children and adolescents: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and narrative synthesis.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluating the efficacy of the WHO QualityRights e-training in promoting the rights of persons with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Ghana.BMJ global health · 2025Trial
- Can primary mental health services impact levels of involuntary admissions? A cluster-RCT of the ReCoN intervention.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Trial
- Perspectives and Experiences of People Receiving Care on a De-escalation Intervention to Reduce Restrictive Practices in Acute Mental Health Units.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Substance Use Severity, Autonomy, and Service Utilization Across Psychiatric Care Pathways in Romania: A Cross-Sectional Service Evaluation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Intentions to Care, Structures That Restrain: The Reality of Secure Units in Residential Social Care Institutions in Slovenia.Health and human rights · 2026Article
- Implementing Dignity-Centered Mental Health Care: Lessons from International Policy Frameworks.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring factors associated with psychiatric hospitalization for persons living with family.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Qatar mental health law: Knowledge and attitude among healthcare workers.Qatar medical journal · 2026Article
- Ensuring compulsory treatment is used as a last resort: a narrative review of the knowledge about Community Treatment Orders.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026Article
- A qualitative study of the impact of the World Health Organisation QualityRights human rights and mental health Training on changing attitudes to mental health and human rights in Ghana.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Involuntary psychiatric treatment in Reggio Emilia: local findings from the SIEP multicenter study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Attitudes of psychiatric staff toward coercion: nationwide AttCo study.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Perceived Coercion in Adults Receiving Psychiatric Care: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Attitudes Toward Coercion Among Mental Healthcare Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Maximising relational capabilities and minimising restrictive practices in acute mental health units: the Safe Steps for De-escalation evaluation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigating the association of mechanical restraint with somatic harmful outcomes: national register-based study.BJPsych open · 2024Article
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Abstract
This article discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing 'coercive practices' in mental health and community settings worldwide, including in hospitals in high-income countries, and in family homes and rural communities in low- and middle-income countries. The article provides a scoping review of the current state of English-language empirical research. It identifies several promising opportunities for improving responses that promote support based on individuals' rights, will and preferences. It also points out several gaps in research and practice (including, importantly, a gap in reviews of non-English-language studies). Overall, many studies suggest that efforts to prevent and reduce coercion appear to be effective. However, no jurisdiction appears to have combined the full suite of laws, policies and practices which are available, and which taken together might further the goal of eliminating coercion.
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