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Written by Margit Lenk-Adusoo
What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction?
In Estonian inpatient psychiatric care coercion is permitted. According to the Mental Health Care Act (1), coercive measures may be used only if the individual has a severe mental disorder that restricts their ability to understand or control their behaviour; the individual endangers…
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Written by Deborah Aluh and JM Caldas de Almeida
What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction?
Portugal has been making concerted efforts to reduce the use of coercion in mental health care in the last 25 years. A new Mental Health Act (Law number 36) was passed in 1998, which established the principles of…
Written by Dr Veikko Pelto-Piri and Dr Anna Björkdahl
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What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction?
According to the Swedish Law on compulsory psychiatric care (LPT), coercive care may be given if the patient suffers from a serious mental disorder and has an absolute need of…