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Jan 2, 2018 · Finally, all mental health workers need to bear in mind the difficulties struggling with a mental illness can bring and be reflective about how they can work with individuals to maximise the chances of a positive outcome from a patient perspective, and to this end minimise the threat of coercion in day-to-day care.
- Giles Newton-Howes
- 2010
of coercion in psychiatric care: what it is, how prevalent it is, if it is supported by evidence and what, if anything, clinicians can do to reduce its sway. What is coercion? Any consideration of coercion requires a clear under-standing of what coercion is, a consideration not always made in the empirical literature and debated in medical
- Giles Newton-Howes
- 2010
Jul 9, 2019 · It is suggested that alternatives to forcible psychiatric admissions and coercive care will need to be integrated into ‘whole system’ changes to make mental healthcare more consensual; such as an emphasis on hospitality and support in community mental health centres, community-based crisis intervention and recovery homes, early support, personalised and shared care plans (Mezzina and ...
- S P Sashidharan, Roberto Mezzina, Dainius Puras
- 2019
Jan 17, 2020 · In this article, the terms ‘coercion’ and ‘coercive practices’ are used to refer to both forceful persuasion and/or compulsion of a person – which emphasizes forceful action – due to an actual or perceived mental health condition 4. Coercion in mental health settings is commonly associated with lawful powers of civil commitment ...
- Piers Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, Cath Roper
- 2020
The possible association with mental illness might, in part, drive public negative perceptions and stigmatisation of people with these mental disorders, and the mandated imposition of treatment to avert further risk of interpersonal violence might even exacerbate stigma. 6. Coercion, defined as “compelling a person who is receiving mental ...
Introduction. Coercion is still used regularly in mental health and psychiatric care, with a marked increase in involuntary hospitalisations and community treatment orders1 and no steady reduction in the use of mechanical restraint.2 Despite controversy and ethical debates, as well as various initiatives to reduce its use,3 the prevalence of coercion remains high.4–8 While coercion can be ...
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Aggressive and violent behaviour are major public health problems. The association of these behaviours with severe mental illness has been controversial and supported by some but not all research.1 The display of aggressive or violent behaviour can be a final endpoint of the various underpinning causes of mental illness (eg, distress, frustration, cognitive impairment, substance misuse, low ...
