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Is psychiatry becoming more coercive?

BMJ 2017; 357 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2904 (Published 22 June 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;357:j2904

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Re: Is psychiatry becoming more coercive?

In this Greek public psychiatric hospital, patients were systematically tied to their beds, locked, abandoned, even for years!
They even tied up autistic patients!
During a recent fire, 3 of them were burned alive, unable to escape.
Reports show that restraint is still commonly used in Greek psychiatric wards.
Nowhere in Europe and the World such deplorable coercive treatment conditions are allowed, that the UN argues constitute torture.
References
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8124976.stm
http://www.ekathimerini.com/201947/article/ekathimerini/news/fourth-pati...
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2015/09/04/fire-in-athens-psychiatric-h...
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/09/04/three-people-dead-in-greek-ps...

Competing interests: No competing interests

13 July 2017
Stavros Saripanidis
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece