Post by Admin on Feb 2, 2021 20:08:40 GMT
A recent article, published in Psychiatric Services in Advance, explores the use of digital technologies and how they can be misused and employed coercively in psychiatry. The author highlights steps that can be taken to reduce coercion and misuse of digital technologies in psychiatric settings.
The author, psychiatrist Nathaniel Morris of the University of California San Francisco, writes:
“Coercion is just one possible outcome among many, including loss of privacy, distress for patients and families, the transmission of stigmatizing information, and exacerbation of racial and socioeconomic disparities, related to digital technology use and misuse in psychiatry. At the same time, these technologies bring new opportunities for reconsidering and studying coercive practices to support the well-being of and respect for patients in psychiatric settings.“
Digital Technologies May Increase Coercion in Psychiatry
Experts warn that digital technologies can increase coercion in psychiatric settings.
www.madinamerica.com/2021/02/digital-technologies-may-increase-coercion-psychiatry/
Reviews & Overviews
Digital Technologies and Coercion in Psychiatry
Nathaniel P. Morris, M.D.
Published Online:12 Jan 2021https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000427
ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000427
Abstract
Psychiatry has a contentious history of coercion in the care of patients with mental illness, and legal frameworks often govern use of coercive interventions, such as involuntary hospitalization, physical restraints, and medication over objection. Research also suggests that informal coercion, including subtle inducements, leverage, or threats, is prevalent and influential in psychiatric settings. Digital technologies bring promise for expanding access to psychiatric care and improving delivery of these services; however, use and misuse of digital technologies, such as electronic medical record flags, surveillance cameras, videoconferencing, and risk assessment tools, could lead to unexpected coercion of patients with mental illness. Using several composite case examples, the author proposes that the integration of digital technologies into psychiatric care can influence patients’ experiences of coercion and provides recommendations for studying and addressing these effects.
The author, psychiatrist Nathaniel Morris of the University of California San Francisco, writes:
“Coercion is just one possible outcome among many, including loss of privacy, distress for patients and families, the transmission of stigmatizing information, and exacerbation of racial and socioeconomic disparities, related to digital technology use and misuse in psychiatry. At the same time, these technologies bring new opportunities for reconsidering and studying coercive practices to support the well-being of and respect for patients in psychiatric settings.“
Digital Technologies May Increase Coercion in Psychiatry
Experts warn that digital technologies can increase coercion in psychiatric settings.
www.madinamerica.com/2021/02/digital-technologies-may-increase-coercion-psychiatry/
Reviews & Overviews
Digital Technologies and Coercion in Psychiatry
Nathaniel P. Morris, M.D.
Published Online:12 Jan 2021https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000427
ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000427
Abstract
Psychiatry has a contentious history of coercion in the care of patients with mental illness, and legal frameworks often govern use of coercive interventions, such as involuntary hospitalization, physical restraints, and medication over objection. Research also suggests that informal coercion, including subtle inducements, leverage, or threats, is prevalent and influential in psychiatric settings. Digital technologies bring promise for expanding access to psychiatric care and improving delivery of these services; however, use and misuse of digital technologies, such as electronic medical record flags, surveillance cameras, videoconferencing, and risk assessment tools, could lead to unexpected coercion of patients with mental illness. Using several composite case examples, the author proposes that the integration of digital technologies into psychiatric care can influence patients’ experiences of coercion and provides recommendations for studying and addressing these effects.