Patients ’ perception of coercion with respect to antipsychotic treatment of psychotic disorders and its predictors

ConclusionPerceived coercion related to medication is dependent on insight into illness and experience of previous coercive interventions rather than on the severity of psychopathological symptoms. These findings are very similar to a previous study in a forensic psychiatric sample. Having experience of at least one coercive measure seems to be a decisive aspect of the extent of the patients ’ perceived coercion.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research