Comparison of coercive practices in worldwide mental healthcare: overcoming difficulties resulting from variations in monitoring strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coercive or restrictive practices such as compulsory admission, involuntary medication, seclusion and restraint impinge on individual autonomy. International consensus mandates reduction or elimination of restrictive practices in mental healthcare. To achieve this requires knowledge of the extent of these practices.

Aims

We determined rates of coercive practices and compared them across countries.

Method

We identified nine country- or region-wide data-sets of rates and durations of restrictive practices in Australia, England, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, The Netherlands, the USA and Wales. We compared the data-sets with each other and with mental healthcare indicators in World Health Organization and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Develo

SUBMITTER: Savage MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10790218 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature