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Key international themes in coercion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrew Molodynski ,
Anthony O'Brien  and
Jonathan Burns
Andrew Molodynski
Affiliation:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; University of Oxford; World Association of Social Psychiatry Working Group on Coercion; email andrew.molodynski@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Anthony O'Brien
Affiliation:
University of Auckland; Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
Jonathan Burns
Affiliation:
Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Coercion remains a dominant theme in mental healthcare and a source of major concern. While the presence of coercion is ubiquitous internationally, it varies significantly in nature and degree in different countries and is influenced by a variety of factors. Recent reports have raised concerns about physical restraint and the increasing use of legislation in high-income countries. At the same time, a recent Human Rights Watch report on pasung (the practice of tying or restricting movement more generally) in Indonesia has served to highlight the plight of many in middle- and lower-income countries who are subject to degrading and dehumanising ‘treatment’.

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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , August 2017 , pp. 61 - 63
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