Justification of coercive measures
Participants of the trial were asked to rate the reasons they retrospectively thought to have motivated the use of the first coercive measure. Participants were presented with 11 possible justifications for the use of coercion. These were derived from a previous study investigating patients’ views of the reasons leading to coercive interventions [Both CES and rating of the justification for the experienced coercive measure were assessed together at discharge.