Participants
psychotic disorder, psychiatric, cognitive deficits, F31.2, ICD-10
Participants were recruited in six psychiatric hospitals providing acute psychiatric care for a defined catchment area, on inpatient wards where coercive measures were performed. Inclusion criteria were: age between 18 and 65, diagnosis of a psychotic disorder (ICD-10: F1x.5, F2x, F30.2, F31.2), and documented experience of at least one coercive measure such as mechanical restraint, seclusion or coerced medication on court order during their hospital stay. We excluded patients who were discharged within 24 h, who presented severe cognitive deficits, or who only had limited knowledge in German.As specified in the previous articles, potential participants, who were not able to give their consent when the first coercive measure took place, were included in the trial following a Zelen’s design, which allows to randomize participants without their explicit consent when the foreseen intervention only minimally differs from routine care, as was the case here [