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Mental health, coercion and family caregiving: issues from the international literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jorun Rugkåsa
Affiliation:
Health Services Research Unit, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; email jorun.rugkasa@ahus.no
Krysia Canvin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
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Abstract

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This article summarises current knowledge about two aspects of family care for people with mental illness: potentially pressurising or coercive aspects of family life; and family carers' experiences of being involved in coercive service interventions. There is a paucity of studies on these topics, especially outside Europe, North America and Australasia, and further research is recommended.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017

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