Perceptions of coercion in the admission of voluntary and involuntary psychiatric patients

Hoge, Steven K.; Lidz, Charles W.; Eisenberg, Marlene; Gardner, William; Monahan, John; Mulvey, Edward; Roth, Loren; Bennett, Nancy

doi:10.1016/s0160-2527(97)00001-0

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Perceptions of coercion in the admission of voluntary and involuntary psychiatric patients

Hoge, Steven K., Lidz, Charles W., Eisenberg, Marlene, Gardner, William, Monahan, John, Mulvey, Edward, Roth, Loren, Bennett, Nancy·1997·International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

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All studies that examined patient knowledge of legal status found significant confusion among both people treated on an involuntary and voluntary basis regarding their legal rights or status.
“All studies that examined patient knowledge of legal status found significant confusion among both people treated on an involuntary and voluntary basis regarding their legal rights or status (10–15).”
From The benefits and harms of inpatient involuntary psychiatric treatment: a scoping review (2025) · cites this paper as [14]
High degrees of perceived coercion were found among those receiving voluntary care.
“As a result, perceptions of coercion were not necessarily related to objective legal status (12,33), with high degrees of perceived coercion found among those receiving voluntary care (11,13–15,27,29).”
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Close relatives were found to use threats or pressures to facilitate hospital admission.
“Similarly, close relatives were found to use threats or pressures to facilitate hospital admission [37]”
From Factors Associated with Perceived Coercion in Adults Receiving Psychiatric Care: A Scoping Review (2025) · cites this paper as [37]
Numerous studies have shown that involuntary hospitalization is associated with higher perceived coercion.
“Numerous studies have shown that involuntary hospitalization is associated with higher perceived coercion [10,13,14,15,35,37,38,42,44,45,48,59,64,72,94,96,120,129,131,137,139,151,155,160].”
From Factors Associated with Perceived Coercion in Adults Receiving Psychiatric Care: A Scoping Review (2025) · cites this paper as [37]

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Authors: Hoge, S. K., Lidz, C. W., Eisenberg, M., Gardner, W., Monahan, J., Mulvey, E., Roth, L., & Bennett, N.
Affiliations: University of Virginia (US)
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author: Hoge, Steven K.
ORCID: Eisenberg, Marlene
Gardner, William
Monahan, John
Mulvey, Edward
Venue: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1997-03
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 167-181
ISSN: 0160-2527 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0160-2527(97)00001-0
OpenAlex: W2053672452
Cited by: 142
References: 20
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 4.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
eScholarship@UMassChan (submittedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
Keywords: involuntary psychiatric admission, patient experience, shared decision-making, patient voice, patient-staff relationships, coping strategies, alternatives to coercion, mental health reform, care ethics
MeSH terms: Adult, Attitude, Coercion, Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Female, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Male, Patient Admission, Patient Advocacy, Pennsylvania, Social Support, Time Factors, Virginia

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