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Raffaella Pocobello, Livia Lepetit, Tommaso Bonavigo, Gian Maria Galeazzi, Giulio Castelpietra, Antonello Leogrande, Francesca Camilli, Giovanni Rossi
What is your Country's stand on coercion reduction?
Coercion in psychiatry has been a discussed topic in Italy for many years, especially in the long and complex process of deinstitutionalisation that led to the abolition…
Written by Marina Loseviča
The blog was constructed in collaboration with the research project “Towards a human rights approach for mental health patients with a limited capacity: A legal, ethical and clinical perspective”, No. lzp-2020/1-0397
What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction?
Coercive practices permitted in Latvia
In Latvia, formal coercion…
Written by Yvonne Quenum
What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction?
In France, consent is one of the essential conditions for therapeutic care. Psychiatry is an exception: to prevent harm to the patient or to other people, legal measures can be used to force individuals with mental health conditions to receive treatment against their…
Written by Juš Škraban
What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction?
In Slovenia, institutional capacities in the field of mental health are divided into health and social care sector. According to the Mental Health Act (1) in Slovenia there are two types of units which are locked, namely locked acute psychiatric units and secure…
The FOSRTEN Traning School took place at a unique location- Dr Guislain Museum in Gent, Belgium, on 19-21 of September 2023. Together with service users and professionals, the important issue of aftercare in coercive measures in psychiatry and the use of structured approaches to situations were discussed. The participants gained important insight into preventing and…