BMC Psychiatry
Beyond coercion: developing post-coercive practice support for mental health inpatients, a modified e-Delphi consensus process
Abstract Background Exposure to coercive practices in mental healthcare is associated with a range of patient harms. Clinical guidelines recommend that patients exposed to coercive practice in inpatient settings are offered support, however, existing post-coercive practice support models are often limited to debrief approaches, lack clear operationalisation, and have not integrated lived experience perspectives in their design. There remains a lack of clarity regarding the aims, optimal delivery approaches, core co …