Involuntary medication, seclusion, and restraint in German psychiatric hospitals after the adoption of legislation in 2013

Background: Involuntary medication in psychiatric treatment of inpatients is highly controversial. While laws regulating involuntary medication have been changed in Germany, no data has been available to date on how often involuntary medication is actually applied. Recently, our hospital group intro...

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Main Authors: Erich eFlammer, Tilman eSteinert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00153/full