This article discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing ‘coercive practices’ in mental health and community settings worldwide, including in hospitals in high‐income countries, and in family homes and rural communities in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The article provides a scoping review of the current state of English‐language empirical research. It identifies several promising opportunities for improving responses that promote support based on individuals’ rights, will and preferences. It also points out several gaps in research and practice (including, importantly, a gap in reviews of non‐English‐language studies). Overall, many studies suggest that efforts to prevent and reduce coercion appear to be effective. However, no jurisdiction appears to have combined the full suite of laws, policies and practices which are available, and which taken together might further the goal of eliminating coercion.

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预防和减少心理健康服务中的“胁迫”：英语语言研究的国​​际范围审查

本文讨论了旨在预防和减少全球精神卫生和社区环境中的“强制行为”的举措，包括在高收入国家的医院、低收入和中等收入国家的家庭和农村社区。本文对英语实证研究的现状进行了范围界定。它确定了改善响应的几个有希望的机会，以促进基于个人权利、意愿和偏好的支持。它还指出了研究和实践中的一些差距（重要的是，包括非英语研究评论方面的差距）。总体而言，许多研究表明，预防和减少胁迫的努力似乎是有效的。然而，似乎没有一个司法管辖区将可用的全套法律、政策和做法结合起来，