A Scoping Review on Staff Attitudes towards the Use of Coercion in Mental Healthcare.

ABSTRACT: Attitudes of mental health professionals towards the use of coercion are highly relevant concerning its use coercion in mental healthcare, as mental health professionals have to weigh ethical arguments and decide within a legal frame in which situations to use coercion or not. Therefore, assessment of those attitudes is relevant for research in this field. A vital instrument to measure those attitudes towards the use of coercion is the Staff Attitude to Coercion Scale. This scoping review aims to provide a structured overview of the advantages and limitations in the assessment of attitudes toward coercion. We conducted a scoping review in Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Web of Science, based on the PRISMA-ScR. Inclusion criteria were empirical studies on the attitudes of mental health profe

SUBMITTER: Efkemann SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11354183 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature