Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Aspects
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Higher perceived coercion scores were associated with individuals who felt stigmatized.
“or who felt stigmatized [91].”
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
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- involuntary treatment, psychiatric treatment, mental health law, patient autonomy
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