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Patients’ experience of involuntary psychiatric care: good opportunities and great losses
Abstract
Patients who are involuntary admitted to psychiatric care are extremely vulnerable as a consequence of the control from others, and of the personal limitations due to a psychiatric disease that can influence their own control of their lives. This group of patients are seldom asked about their experiences of being cared for. In this study five involuntary hospitalized psychiatric patients narrated their experience of being subjected to involuntary psychiatric care. The aim of the study was to obtain a deeper understanding of this experience. The interview text was analysed by means of a phenomenological hermeneutic method. The result of the analysis gave a complex picture of both support and violation. On the one hand experiences of not being seen or heard, of loss of liberty and of violation of integrity were found. On the other hand, there were experiences of respect and caring and opportunities to take responsibility for oneself were offered. Being treated involuntarily in psychiatric care was interpreted as a balancing act between good opportunities and great losses.
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“Being exposed to violence also contributed to perceived coercion [51].”
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“In qualitative studies, patients perceived coercion when they felt that their physical integrity was compromised and that they were treated as if they had no human value [51]”
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“Qualitative research further highlights the coercive nature of involuntary hospitalization, with individuals reporting a loss of rights [143], freedom [118], choice [51], and control over their lives [152], as well as feeling forced to accept hospitalization [104] and medication [118].”
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“While locked wards were experienced as controlling [51,76]”
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“it was the rigid rules and routines that were most consistently reported as restrictive in the literature [51,89,102,104,114,141,142,145,149,152,153,161].”
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“For instance, these studies shed light on how structural factors such as rigid ward rules, locked units, lack of privacy, resource scarcity, and dehumanizing practices deeply influence individuals’ perceptions of coercion [51,89,102,104,114,141,142,145,149,152,153,161].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- JOHANSSON, I. M., & LUNDMAN, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Umeå University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- JOHANSSON, I. M.
- ORCID
- LUNDMAN, B.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-12
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 639-647
- ISSN
- 1351-0126 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2850
- OpenAlex
- W2152713438
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- involuntary psychiatric treatment, involuntary admission, patient experience, psychiatric patients, loss of freedom, personal responsibility, vulnerability
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Mental Disorders, Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Patient Admission, Psychiatric Nursing, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sweden, Personal Autonomy, Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Patient Rights
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