How to improve clinical practice on involuntary hospital admissions of psychiatric patients: suggestions from the EUNOMIA study

Abstract

The European Commission has funded the EUNOMIA study in 12 European countries in order to develop European recommendations for good clinical practice in involuntary hospital admissions. The results showed the huge variation of involuntary hospital admissions in Europe and the importance of developing guidelines on this procedure.

Keywords

• ethics and human rights
• psychiatry in Europe
• quality of care
• mental-health
• family psychoeducation
• procedural justice
• perceived coercion
• schizophrenia