Psychiatric patients’ views on why their involuntary hospitalisation was right or wrong: a qualitative study

Abstract

The study illustrates why some patients view their involuntary hospitalisation positively, whereas others believe it was wrong. This knowledge could inform the development of interventions to improve patients' views and treatment experiences.

Correlates of Involuntary Admission: Findings From an Italian Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

“…Involuntary admission in psychiatric inpatient services could be perceived by most patients as a negative experience and often described as an unjustified event in their life (Priebe et al 2009, Katsakou et al 2012, Thornicroft et al 2013). Future investigations improving the knowledge of correlates of involuntary admission in psychiatry will be helpful to implement new interventions in mental health services' routine clinical practice in order to try to reduce as much as possible this often traumatic form of hospitalization.…”

Coercion in a locked psychiatric ward

“…The same pattern seems to apply to patients. Katsakou, Rose (7) found that some patients viewed their involuntary hospitalization positively, whereas others believed it was wrong.…”

Solidarities and tensions in mental health politics: Mad Studies and Psychopolitics

“…Is every individual on the receiving end of 'diagnoses and treatment' subject to sanism and therefore a subject of Mad Studies? What about those people who experience their involvement with psychiatry as positive (or at least not oppressive) (see Katsakou et al, 2012)?…”