The relationship between the services available to patients in primary care and at local psychiatric clinics and the use of coercion: recent findings from Northern Norway

• Published in: International Journal of Integrated Care
• Main Authors: Wynn, Rolf, Henrik Myklebust, Lars
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ubiquity Press 2016
• Subjects: psychiatry; services; coercion; integration; primary care; Landheim; Norway; North Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://www.ijic.org/jms/article/view/2796; https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2796

Introduction: Psychiatric patients may be subjected to coercion in many different forms, including involuntary admission to psychiatric hospital, involuntary outpatient treatment, and involuntary treatment with medications [1]. The use of coercion in the psychiatric services involves a range of ethi...