Use of Coercive Measures During Involuntary Hospitalization: Findings From Ten European Countries

Abstract

Involuntary treatment in mental health care is a sensitive but rarely studied issue. This study was part of the European Evaluation of Coercion in Psychiatry and Harmonization of Best Clinical Practice (EUNOMIA) project.

It assessed and compared the use of coercive measures in psychiatric inpatient facilities in ten European countries.

Keywords

• restraint reduction
• forced medication
• special section
• seclusion
• inpatient
• interventions
• admission
• settings
• services
• care