Search for dissertations about: "compulsory psychiatric care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words compulsory psychiatric care.

  2. 1. Compulsory Psychiatric Care: Perspectives from the Swedish Coercion Study : Patient Experiences, Documented Measures, Next of Kins’ Attitudes and Outcome

    Author : Tuula Wallsten; Rickard L Sjöberg; Lars Kjellin; Jerzy Leppert; Tom Palmstierna; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Psychiatry; attitudes; coercion; coercive measures; commitment of mentally ill; compulsory psychiatric care; inpatient treatment; next of kins; patients; restraint; self-report; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : The use of coercion in psychiatry involves clinical, legal, scientific, ethical and emotional considerations. This thesis represents an attempt to further increase our understanding of some empirical aspects of this phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 2. Compulsory treatment of alcoholics, psychiatric comorbidity, psychological characteristics, coercive experiences and outcome

    Author : Björn Sallmén; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; outcome; personal follow-up; social adjustment; defensive patterns; coercive experiences; psychiatric comorbidity; involutary care; Alcoholism; compulsory committment; post-treatment mortality; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns involuntary treatment of alcoholism. Clients committed according to the Swedish Act on Care of Addicts in Certain Cases were treated in the same residential treatment setting as voluntarily admitted clients. READ MORE

  5. 3. Family burden and participation in care. A study of relatives to voluntarily and compulsorily admitted patients

    Author : Margareta Östman; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychosomatics; clinical psychology; participation in care; family burden; psychiatric patients; compulsory care; coping strategies; Psychiatry; minor children; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

    Abstract : Important aspects of family burden, participation in care and needs for support among a total of 422 relatives to severely mentally ill patients, voluntarily and compulsorily admitted to hospital, were investigated in a study performed between 1986-1997. The results showed high levels of both external and internal experienced burden among the relatives. READ MORE

  6. 4. Treatment repeaters : re-entry in care for clients with substance use disorder within the Swedish addiction treatment system

    Author : Robert Grahn; Lena Lundgren; Mojgan Padyab; Kristina Berglund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; addiction treatment; treatment repeaters; substance use disorder; compulsory care; register database study; Sweden; chronic condition; drop-out; continuing care; bio-psycho-social;

    Abstract : According to the regulations contained in the Social Services Act (SFS 2001:453), Swedish social services have a legal responsibility to provide support, care, and treatment for individuals with substance use problems.  This law mandate those who are responsible to provide treatment to motivate drug users to actively seek treatment on a voluntary basis, ensuring an end to their dependence on drugs. READ MORE

  7. 5. Minding Equality: Compulsory Mental Health Interventions and the CRPD : Compulsory Mental Health Interventions and the CRPD

    Author : Anna Nilsson; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; CRPD; mental health law; compulsory psychiatric care; discrimination; equal treatment; proportionality; Robert Alexy; public international law; human rights; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; CRPD; diskriminering; likabehandling; Robert Alexy; proportionalitet; folkrätt; mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : This study delineates the permissible scope for compulsory mental health interventions under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It was initially triggered by two competing positions within the current debate over the future of coercive psychiatry; a practice that is still omnipresent among states worldwide. READ MORE