Involvement of patients in planning their future treatment may reduce compulsory admissions to hospital
Author(s)
Kisely, Steve
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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What is already known on this topic?: The use of coercion in the treatment of psychiatric patients is of growing concern, particularly in the context of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml). Increasing rates of compulsory admission are one example. It is therefore important to find interventions that can prevent compulsory admission to hospital for people with severe mental illness. Approaches to reduce compulsory admission such as advance directives or compulsory treatment orders have been studied in isolation.1 ,2What is already known on this topic?: The use of coercion in the treatment of psychiatric patients is of growing concern, particularly in the context of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml). Increasing rates of compulsory admission are one example. It is therefore important to find interventions that can prevent compulsory admission to hospital for people with severe mental illness. Approaches to reduce compulsory admission such as advance directives or compulsory treatment orders have been studied in isolation.1 ,2
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Journal Title
Evidence-Based Mental Health
Volume
20
Issue
1
Subject
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Psychiatry
MEDICAL ETHICS