New grant awarded to Fredrik!

We are happy to announce that Fredrik just received financing from the Karolinska Institute’s Center for Innovative Medicine!

Fredrik Johansson – Restraint, seclusion and forced medication in involuntary psychiatric in-patient care: Who are exposed and what follows? (2 400 000 SEK)

Restraint, seclusion, and forced medication may be used in in-patient involuntary psychiatric care when patients refuse necessary treatment and are assessed as posing a danger to themselves or others. These involuntary measures are controversial, yet the scientific evidence base remains limited. Swedish authorities have set goals to improve patient safety and legal security for individuals receiving involuntary psychiatric in-patient care. Achieving this requires knowledge of which patients are at greatest risk of being subjected to involuntary interventions. Government reports have identified significant knowledge gaps concerning the long-term effects of coercive measures and have called for more research in this area. This project investigates which patients are at highest risk of being subjected to involuntary measures, as well as the long-term consequences of such interventions, with the aim of enabling safer care for psychiatric inpatients.