Citation

Saya A, Brugnoli C, Piazzi G, Liberato D, Ciaccia GD, Niolu C, Siracusano A. Front. Psychiatry 2019; 10(APR).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Frontiers Media)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00271

PMID

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Abstract

The use of involuntary treatment in psychiatry comes with some benefits and many disadvantages for the patient's experience and the therapeutic outcome. This review proposes to compare the procedures and criteria for involuntary psychiatric treatment around the world. We highlight the gap between legislation and practice, the patient's experience of coercion, the repercussions on the therapeutic relationship and adherence to treatment following coercion, the role it plays in the prevention of suicide and of hetero-aggressive behavior, ethical problems, and possible alternatives to reduce the use of coercive measures. © 2019 Saya, Brugnoli, Piazzi, Liberato, Di Ciaccia, Niolu and Siracusano. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; Canada; human; mental health; suicide; law; Review; Europe; Therapeutic relationship; Stigma; psychiatry; Africa; Coercion; Suicide prevention; Asia; hospitalization; mental disease; mental health care; health care policy; health care availability; mental health service; long term care; Involuntary treatment; Pacific islands; Central America; health care disparity; South and Central America; Self-determination; Decision-making capacity; Advanced directives