Coercion and the outcome of psychiatric hospitalization

Nicholson, Robert A.; Ekenstam, Carolyn; Norwood, Steve

doi:10.1016/0160-2527(96)00005-2

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“…An early study by Gove and Fain [45] concluded that the commitment process did not have long-lasting detrimental effects. More recently, one study has suggested that the degree of perceived coercion did not influence the outcome in terms of improvement in the Global Assessment Scale [6], and another study found that the condition of patients that actually felt coerced improved during hospitalisation [46]. Cournos et al [28], in a case Ácontrol study of 51 chronically severely ill patients and 51 controls who took medication voluntarily, found that the two groups did not differ significantly.…”

Section: Coercion As a Means To Helping Patients Get Bettermentioning

confidence: 98%

Coercion in psychiatric care: clinical, legal, and ethical controversies

Wynn

2006

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

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Despite a long-standing tradition of the use of coercion in psychiatric care, such as involuntary admission and treatment, few have systematically addressed this issue. In recent years, more research has been carried out, suggesting that the use of coercion has important and complex legal, ethical, and clinical implications. In the present article, types and rates of coercion are presented and central topics including competency, ethics, and the reasons given for the use of coercion, are critically discussed.

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Section: Coercion As a Means To Helping Patients Get Bettermentioning

confidence: 98%

Coercion in psychiatric care: clinical, legal, and ethical controversies

Wynn

2006

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

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“…Similarly, psychiatric patients who indicated that they entered treatment voluntarily were in fact under some form of official custody or had been admitted through an involuntarily commitment process. 22 While perceived coercion has been found to be related to psychiatric patients' legal status upon admission to treatment, there is variation in the degree to which patients perceive their admission to have been coerced, 23,24 suggesting the importance of understanding coercion from the subjective viewpoint of the patient as well as objectively.…”

Section: Perceived Coercionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Perceived Coercion and Motivation on Treatment Completion and Re-Arrest among Substance-Abusing Offenders

Prendergast¹,

Greenwell²,

Farabee³

et al. 2008

J Behav Health Serv Res

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The effects of perceived coercion and motivation on treatment completion and subsequent rearrest were examined in a sample of substance-abusing offenders assessed for California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) program. Perceived coercion was measured with the McArthur Perceived Coercion Scale; motivation was measured with the subscales of the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES). At treatment entry, clients were more likely to believe that they had exercised their choice in entering treatment than that they had been coerced into treatment. SACPA clients scored relatively low on Recognition and Ambivalence regarding their drug use but relatively high on Taking Steps to address their drug problem. Correlations between perceived coercion and motivation measures at treatment entry indicated that these are separate constructs. In logistic regression models, the Recognition subscale of the SOCRATES significantly predicted "any re-arrest," and Ambivalence and Taking Steps predicted "any drug arrest."

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“…Other studies conducted using the AES support these results indicating that coercion is not an uncommon experience in the admission of voluntary mental health service users (Fiorillo et al, 2012;Iversen et al, 2002;Kallert et al, 2011;Kjellin, Høyer, Engberg, Kaltiala-Heino, & Sigurj onsd ottir, 2006;. In one Oklahoma study, only 5% of the voluntary service users scored highly on the PCS (Nicholson, Ekenstam, & Norwood, 1996). However, the cut-off score in this study for a high level of coercion was one point higher than what is generally used.…”

Section: Perception Of Coercionmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…High levels of perceived coercion were correlated in a number of studies with experiences of threats, force and having a poor relationship with others involved in the admission process Iversen Anestis et al, 2013;Bennett et al, 1993;Bindman et al, 2005;Bonsack and Borgeat, 2005;Cascardi and Poythress, 1997;Eriksson and Westrin, 1995;Fiorillo et al, 2012;Gardner et al, 1999;Gilburt et al, 2008;Haglund and von Essen, 2005;Hoge et al, 1993Hoge et al, , 1997Hoge et al, , 1998Iversen et al, 2002;Kallert et al, 2011;Kaltiala-Heino et al, 1997;Katsakou et al, 2011;Kjellin et al, 1993Kjellin et al, , 1997Kjellin et al, , 2004Kjellin et al, , 2006Koivisto, Janhonen, and Vaisanen, 2004;Lidz et al, 1995Lidz et al, , 1998Lidz et al, , 2000Lidz, Mulvey, Arnold, Bennett, and Kirsch, 1993;Lomax et al, 2012;McKenna et al, 1999McKenna et al, , 2001Miedema and Stoppard, 1994;Nicholson et al, 1996;O'Donoghue, Roche, Ranieri et al, 2013;Poulsen, 1999Poulsen, , 2002Poulsen and Engberg, 2001;Rogers, 1993;Seigel, Wallsten, Torsteinsdottir, and Lindstr€ om, 1997;Shee...…”

Section: Perception Of Coercionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Service Users' Experiences of Voluntary Admission to Mental Hospital: A Review of Research Literature

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Thom

Hudson

2014

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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Australia and New Zealand are committed to upholding the rights of people who experience mental illness and providing a "recovery" approach to service delivery. These have farreaching implications for acute inpatients, many of whom are admitted voluntarily. In order to inform future research in these two countries, this review aimed to identify literature pertaining to the experiences of people admitted voluntarily to acute adult mental health facilities. Literature was limited to studies in English published between 1993 and 2013. Perceived coercion was the focus of most studies, many of which reported that voluntary service users do not always experience their admission and treatment as strictly voluntary. Two smaller bodies of literature reported that service users were limited in their ability to make informed choices and had poor knowledge of their rights and legal status. Further research on informed consent, knowledge of rights, and access to advocacy is warranted.

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Coercion and the outcome of psychiatric hospitalization

Cited by 70 publications

References 29 publications

Coercion in psychiatric care: clinical, legal, and ethical controversies

Coercion in psychiatric care: clinical, legal, and ethical controversies

Influence of Perceived Coercion and Motivation on Treatment Completion and Re-Arrest among Substance-Abusing Offenders

Service Users' Experiences of Voluntary Admission to Mental Hospital: A Review of Research Literature

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