Background: Registries for coercive measures, and, to a smaller extent, for violent incidents, have been established in several European countries and in the US. In the German State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, such a registry based on Mental Health Law is available since 2015. Objectives: To answer...
We performed a retrospective analysis of the use of coersive measures in a large psychiatric hospital association in Northrhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. We found an overall decrease in case numbers, but increases of cases with involuntary hospitalisation according to the...
In Germany, the police plays an important role when it comes to involuntary admissions of people with severe mental disorders to psychiatric hospitals. Still, police officers do not seem to be sufficiently trained for dealing with such situations. The current research project aimed to examine...
This paper presentation draws on data from the presenter’s PhD project: “Coercion in psychiatry: a negotiative practice of autonomy?”. The methodology is qualitative ethnographic fieldwork, comprising of participant observation and interviews. The findings suggest that there are conflicts in the meaning making of interpersonal relationships...
There is significant variation in the levels of compulsory psychiatric admission between countries and also between different geographical areas within countries. This suggests that some areas use more compulsory care than is necessary. By exploring the international literature and reporting on the RECON register study...
The co-production of knowledge by diverse stakeholders, including experts, researchers, and service users, is becoming of increasing interest in mental health care. The paper highlights potential ethical dilemmas that arise in research involving service users as co-producers of knowledge. Prior to the research study, issues...
The aim of this research was to assess the impact of assertive community treatment (ACT) team on length of stay in full time hospitalization units. We also evaluated the impact on days spent with coercion (seclusion and physical restraint) and emergency services use. We used...