Factors associated with involuntary hospitalisation for psychiatric patients in Switzerland: a retrospective study.
Benedetta SilvaPhilippe GolayStéphane MorandiPublished in: BMC psychiatry (2018)
This study identified several individual-related, as well as system-related factors associated with the use of coercion. These results allowed us to trace a clearer profile of high-risk patients and to provide several inputs that could help local authorities, professionals and researchers to develop better-targeted alternative interventions reducing the use of coercion.