Controversies and Disputes in Disability and Rehabilitation by Roland Meinert Francis Yuen

Author:Roland Meinert, Francis Yuen [Roland Meinert, Francis Yuen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780415698573
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COERCION AND VIOLENCE

Perceived dangerousness is also used to justify coercive mental health practices. People are more likely to approve of coercive treatment if they believe the individual in question might be dangerous (Corrigan, Markowitz, Watson, Rowan, & Kubiak, 2003; Pescosolido et al., 1999; Slovic & Monahan, 1995; Watson, Corrigan, & Angell, 2005; for a related study see Corrigan, Watson, Warpinski, & Gracia, 2004), as can be observed anecdotally in most debates on inpatient or outpatient commitment criteria. Indeed, efforts to promote or expand involuntary treatment are often founded in the equation of psychiatric disability with dangerousness, and the suggestion that involuntary services will reduce or eliminate future violence on the part of people with psychiatric disabilities.

This suggests that recipients with histories of violence are more likely to be subject to coercive interventions than those who do not have such histories. Although there is little evidence regarding this relationship, much of the evidence that is available does not bear out this expectation. In a study of reported coercion in outpatient services among recipients recently discharged from inpatient commitment, no relationship was found between reported coercion and general violence or involvement in physical fights (Swartz et al., 2002; see also Swanson, Borum, Swartz, & Hiday, 1999). Similarly, provider reports of coercive interventions have been found to be unrelated to recipient self-reports of violence and threats (Neale & Rosenheck, 2000).

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