Abstract
Results Forced medication was reported by 48% of the committed and by 3% of the voluntarily admitted patients. Ninetyfive % of the committed patients thought it was a negative experience when it happened and 89% thought it was wrong. At discharge or after three 3 weeks of care 73% of the committed patients thought it was wrong. Nineteen patients reported mechanical restraint, all of them committed. Eighty-four percent of them thought it was a negative experience and 74% thought it was wrong when it happened. At discharge or after 3 weeks of care 68% thought it was wrong when it happened. Seclusion was reported by seven committed and one voluntarily admitted patient. Of those committed patients five patients thought it was a negative experience and wrong. Conclusion A majority of those who reported coercive treatment and coercive measures during inpatient psychiatric care thought it was wrong when it happened and did not change their attitude at discharge or after 3 weeks of care. Predictors associated to these results will be analyzed. from WPA Thematic Conference. Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review Dresden, Germany. 6–8 June 2007
Highlights
To study coercive treatment like forced medication and coercive measures like seclusion and mechanical restraint during inpatient psychiatric care among committed and voluntarily admitted patients and to study patients attitudes to coercive treatment and measures
Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review Thomas W Kallert, John Monahan, Juan E Mezzich Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-224X-7-S1-info.pdf
A majority of those who reported coercive treatment and coercive measures during inpatient psychiatric care thought it was wrong when it happened and did not change their attitude at discharge or after 3 weeks of care. Predictors associated to these results will be analyzed
Summary
Patients' experiences of coercive treatment and coercive measures in psychiatric care. Address: 1Center for Clinical Research, Central Hospital, SE-721 89 Västerås, Sweden and 2Psychiatric Research Center, P.O.Box 1613, SE-701 16 Örebro, Sweden. Published: 19 December 2007 BMC Psychiatry 2007, 7(Suppl 1):S144 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-S1-S144. World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Thematic Conference. Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review Thomas W Kallert, John Monahan, Juan E Mezzich Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-224X-7-S1-info.pdf
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