Psychiatric patients feel coerced into hospitalisation

Psychiatric patients are up to five times more likely than their families to feel they were forced into a hospital admission than their families, a new study reveals.

In a study published in the Psychiatry Research Journal, a Trinity College School of Psychology researcher found a large difference between levels of coercion reported by people being admitted into psychiatric facilities and their caregivers, who are usually family members.

Family members reported a higher level of procedural justice and less coercion than patients who had been admitted.