Coercive treatment in psychiatry: clinical, legal and ethical aspects

"Coercion is one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in psychiatry. It is a highly sensitive, and hotly debated topic in which clinical practice, ethics, the law and public policy converge. This book considers coercion within the healing and ethical framework of therapeutic relationships and partnerships at all levels, and addresses the universal problem of how to balance safety versus autonomy when dealing with psychiatric treatment"--EBL

Front Matter -- Section 1: Conceptual and Clinical Aspects of Coercive Treatment. Person-Centred Psychiatry Perspectives on Coercion and Cooperation / Juan E Mezzich -- Coercive Treatment and Stigma ₆ Is There a Link? / Wolfgang Gaebel, Harald Z̃ske -- Mandated Psychiatric Treatment in the Community ₆ Forms, Prevalence, Outcomes and Controversies / John Monahan -- Is it Possible to Define a Best Practice Standard for Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry? / Tilman Steinert, Peter Lepping -- How to De-Escalate a Risk Situation to Avoid the Use of Coercion / Dirk Richter -- Section 2: Legal Aspects of Coercive Treatment. Psychiatry and the Law ₆ Do the Fields Agree in Their Views on Coercive Treatment? / Julio Arboleda-Fl̤rez -- Reducing Discrimination in Mental Health Law ₆ The ₁Fusion₂ of Incapacity and Mental Health Legislation / George Szmukler, John Dawson -- Mental Health Care and Patients' Rights ₆ Are these Two Fields Currently Compatible? / Thomas W Kallert -- Section 3: Ethical Aspects of Coercive Treatment. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry / Ahmed Okasha, Tarek Okasha -- Historical Injustice in Psychiatry with Examples from Nazi Germany and Others ₆ Ethical Lessons for the Modern Professional / Rael Strous -- Paternalism in Mental Health ₆ When Boots are Superior to Pushkin / Tom Burns -- Section 4: Users' Views on Coercive Treatment. The Moral Imperative for Dialogue with Organizations of Survivors of Coerced Psychiatric Human Rights Violations / David W Oaks -- Resisting Variables ₆ Service User/Survivor Perspectives on Researching Coercion / Jasna Russo, Jan Wallcraft -- Seventy Years of Coercion in Psychiatric Institutions, Experienced and Witnessed / Dorothea S Buck-Zerchin -- Coercion ₆ Point, Perception, Process / Dorothy M Castille, Kristina H Muenzenmaier, Bruce G Link -- Section 5: Coercion and Undue Influence in Decisions to Participate in Psychiatric Research. Ethical Issues of Participating in Psychiatric Research on Coercion / Lars Kjellin -- Coercion and Undue Influence in Decisions to Participate in Psychiatric Research / Paul S Appelbaum, Charles W Lidz, Robert Klitzman -- Index