Factors associated with involuntary hospitalisation for psychiatric patients in Switzerland: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Despite the scarce evidence for patients’ benefits of coercion and its well-documented negative effects, the use of compulsion is still very common around Europe, with important variations among different countries. These variations have been partially explained by the different...

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Main Authors: Benedetta Silva, Philippe Golay, Stéphane Morandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1966-6