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The Mysore Declaration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter Lepping  and
B. N. Raveesh
Peter Lepping
Affiliation:
(Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board) and Honorary Professor (Bangor University) Centre for Mental Health and Society, Wrexham Academic Unit, Technology Park, Wrexham, Wales, UK, email [email protected]
B. N. Raveesh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, India
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Coercion is recognised as a problem in health services around the world. Very little is known about the use and utility of coercive measures in psychiatry and other medical specialties in India, although the existing evidence supports the view that coercion is widely used. In February 2013 experts from India and Europe came together in Mysore, India, for an international symposium on coercion. A Declaration was drafted, discussed and ratified which defines coercive measures for the Indian context and which outlines ways to minimise coercion in medical settings in India. This paper describes the main points of the Declaration.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 2013 , pp. 98 - 99
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013

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