Book description
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.
Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry is a much needed contribution
to the literature. The first three sections deal with the conceptual
and clinical aspects of coercive treatment, the legal aspects and the
ethical aspects of coercive treatment. In detail, these sections cover
a broad spectrum of issues: coercion in institutions and in the
community, coercive treatment and stigma, the definition of best
practice standards for coercive treatment, de-escalation of risk
situations, recent developments in mental health legislation, mental
health care and patients' rights, cross-cultural perspectives on
coercive treatment, historical injustice in psychiatry, and
paternalism in mental health. The fourth section features users' views
on coercive treatment: giving voice to an often-unheeded population.
Finally, the book addresses the original topic of coercion and undue
influence in decisions to participate in psychiatric research.
This book presents the first comprehensive review of the issue of
coercion in psychiatry. With chapters written by the leading experts
in the field, many of whom are renowned as clear thinkers and
experienced clinicians, it may be seen as a starting point for
international discussions and initiatives in this field aiming to
minimize coercion.
Highly Commended in the Psychiatry section of the
2012
BMA Book Awards
.
Professor Kallert
has been active in the field of mental health services research for
many years. He was co-ordinator of the EC-funded research project,
European evaluation of coercion in psychiatry and harmonisation of best
clinical practice (EUNOMIA). He has published 6 books, more than 35
chapters in books, and more than 125 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
He has received the Hermann-Simon-Prize for Social Psychiatry, and the
Hans-Heimann-Prize of the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
and Neurosciences. He is an Honorary Member of the World Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Mezzich was Chair of the World Psychiatric Association
(WPA) Section on Classification and Diagnostic Assessment, and a
member of the ICD-10 Mental Disorders Workgroup and the DSM-IV Task
Force. He has authored over 200 scientific journal articles and book
chapters and 25 books and monographs primarily on psychiatric
diagnosis and epidemiology from clinical, philosophical, statistical,
and cultural perspectives and more recently on person-centered
psychiatry and medicine. He has received six Honorary Doctorates from
universities in the Americas and Europe as well as the Simon Bolivar
Award of the American Psychiatric Association, the Medal for
Extraordinary Merit of the Medical Council of Peru, and the Linneaus
Medal of Uppsala University in Sweden. He is President of the
InternationalNetwork for Person-centered Medicine.
Professor Monahan is well known internationally for his
numerous publications and presentations in mental health law, for his
leadership of the MacArthur Research Network on Violence, Coercion and
Competence and of the current MacArthur Research Network on Mandated
Treatment in the Community, and for his generous support and
encouragement of scholars in coercion and in all areas of mental
health law.
