Comparison of coercive practices in worldwide mental healthcare: overcoming difficulties resulting from variations in monitoring strategies

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We recommend a common set of international measures, so that finer comparisons within and between countries can be made, and monitoring of trends to see whether alternatives to restraint are successful. These measurements should include information about the total numbers, durations and rates of coercive measures. We urge the World Health Organization to include these measures in their Mental Health Atlas.