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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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00153/full |