A comparison of the use of coercive measures between patients referred by the police and patients referred by other sources to a psychiatric hospital in Australia
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Background Police are a major source of referral to psychiatric services but the appropriateness of these referrals has been questioned. Few studies have systematically addressed police referrals to psychiatric services. This study investigated the epidemiology of coercive treatment in psychiatry by comparing the characteristics of police referrals to patients who were referred from other sources.
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