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Perceived coercion and need for hospital admission among psychiatric in-patients: figures from a Pakistani tertiary care hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Saman I. Zuberi ,
Ayesha Sajid ,
Abdul Wahab Yousafzai ,
Naila Bhutto  and
Murad Moosa Khan
Saman I. Zuberi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, email saman.yousuf.zuberi@gmail.com
Ayesha Sajid
Affiliation:
PGYII, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Abdul Wahab Yousafzai
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ayub Medical College and Visiting Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University
Naila Bhutto
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University
Murad Moosa Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University Hospital
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In Pakistan, an increasing proportion of psychiatric patients present to community health services as crisis admissions, with their relatives as the main decision makers. Patients are bound to perceive this process as coercive. Farnham & James (2000) report that elements of coercion are found even in voluntary hospital admission, in the form of verbal persuasion, physical force and threats of commitment. Few patients consider hospitalisation justified and most view the process of admission negatively (Swartz et al, 2003; Katsakou & Priebe, 2006; Priebe et al, 2009).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 14 - 16
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