Reporting of use of coercive measures from a Dutch perspective

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities,Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2017. Purpose This viewpoint advances a number of outlooks on the reporting of the use of coercive measures in the the care for persons with intellectual disabilities. The following questions will be discussed: Which forms of involuntary care should be externally reported and how is this external reporting influenced by environmental and other factors? Design/methodology/approach The paper describes an important part of the New Dutch Care and Coercion Act [Wet zorg en dwang] concerning reporting the use of coercive measures. The implications of reporting the use of coercive measures have been discussed at a meeting for experts in mental health law and the care of people with an intellectual disability. The issue has been presented the participants as neutrally as possible, so as to provide the researchers a comprehensive picture of the different views on reporting the use of coercive measures. The outcome of this meeting has served as the input for a further step in the research – using the Delphi method – in order address the issue comprehensively as well as focused. Findings The Dutch legislation on reporting involuntary care implies that only measures carried out in the face of resistance should be externally reported. The experts that participated in this study endorse the importance of a real-time external reporting system. They believe that standardized and reliable external re...
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - Category: Disability Source Type: research