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  1. Abolition of coercion in psychiatry on the horizon? A descriptive ecologic data study from six European countries.

    Article • European Psychiatry, February 2026, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  2. Helsepersonells perspektiver på mulighetsrommet for pårørendeinvolvering for hjemmeboende eldre med psykisk helse- og/eller rusproblematikk: en kvalitativ studie

    Article • Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, July 2025, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  3. Can primary mental health services impact levels of involuntary admissions? A cluster-RCT of the ReCoN intervention

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  4. Legislation and policy for involuntary mental healthcare across countries in the FOSTREN network: rationale, development of mapping survey and protocol

    Article • BJPsych Open, September 2024, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa, Deborah Aluh

  5. Medication-Free Treatment in Mental Health Care How Does It Differ from Traditional Treatment?

    Article • Patient Preference and Adherence, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  6. Impact of introducing capacity-based mental health legislation on the use of community treatment orders in Norway: case registry study

    Article • BJPsych Open, January 2022, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  7. Why Service Users Choose Medication-Free Psychiatric Treatment: A Mixed-Method Study of User Accounts

    Article • Patient Preference and Adherence, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa, Professor Ole André Solbakken

  8. Collaborative care for mental health: a qualitative study of the experiences of patients and health professionals

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  9. Cost and quality-of-life impacts of community treatment orders (CTOs) for patients with psychosis: economic evaluation of the OCTET trial

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  10. Carer involvement in compulsory out-patient psychiatric care in England

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  11. Community treatment orders: Are they useful?

    Article • BJPsych Advances, July 2017, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  12. Factorial structure and long-term stability of the Autonomy Preference Index.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  13. Recall of patients on community treatment orders over three years in the OCTET CTO cohort

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  14. What does being on a community treatment orders entail? A 3-year follow-up of the OCTET CTO cohort

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  15. Evidence-Based Practice in Use of CTOs

    Article • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, June 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Steve R Kisely, Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  16. Community treatment orders in the UK 5 years on: a repeat national survey of psychiatrists

    Article • BJPsych Bulletin, June 2016, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  17. Likelihood and predictors of detention in patients with personality disorder compared with other mental disorders: A retrospective, quantitative study of Mental Health Act assessments

    Article • Personality and Mental Health, March 2016, Wiley

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  18. Effectiveness of Community Treatment Orders: The International Evidence

    Article • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  19. Non-consent bias in OCTET – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Psychiatry, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  20. Effect of increased compulsion on readmission to hospital or disengagement from community services for patients with psychosis: follow-up of a cohort from the OCTET trial

    Article • The Lancet Psychiatry, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  21. Reply

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  22. Increased influence and collaboration: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences of community treatment orders within an assertive community treatment setting

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rolf Wynn, Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  23. In defence of OCTET

    Article • The Lancet Psychiatry, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  24. Associations Between Continuity of Care and Patient Outcomes in Mental Health Care: A Systematic Review

    Article • Psychiatric Services, April 2015, American Psychiatric Association

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  25. Informal coercion in psychiatry: a focus group study of attitudes and experiences of mental health professionals in ten countries

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  26. Community treatment orders: clinical and social outcomes, and a subgroup analysis from the OCTET RCT

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  27. Patient, psychiatrist and family carer experiences of community treatment orders: qualitative study

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  28. Coercion and compulsion in mental healthcare—An international perspective

    Article • Asian Journal of Psychiatry, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  29. Trust, Deals and Authority: Community Mental Health Professionals’ Experiences of Influencing Reluctant Patients

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  30. The OCTET RCT – a reply to Dr Mustafa

    Article • Medicine Science and the Law, March 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  31. CTOs: what is the state of the evidence?

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  32. The use of leverage in community mental health: Ethical guidance for practitioners

    Article • International Journal of Social Psychiatry, February 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  33. Community treatment orders: Current evidence and the implications

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, December 2013, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  34. Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  35. A systematic review of the effect of community treatment orders on service use

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  36. Community treatment orders for patients with psychosis – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  37. Community treatment orders for patients with psychosis (OCTET): a randomised controlled trial

    Article • The Lancet, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  38. Leverage and other informal pressures in community psychiatry in England

    Article • International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  39. Threats and offers in community mental healthcare

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics, December 2011, BMJ

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  40. Community treatment orders in England and Wales: national survey of clinicians' views and use

    Article • The Psychiatrist, September 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  41. LAWFULNESS OF A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF THE NEW COMMUNITY TREATMENT ORDER REGIME FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

    Article • Medical Law Review, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  42. Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, August 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  43. Coercion and compulsion in community mental health care

    Article • British Medical Bulletin, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  44. Community treatment orders

    Article • Psychiatry, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  45. Intersectoral partnerships, the knowledge economy and intangible assets

    Article • Policy & Politics, April 2008, Policy Press

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  46. Benefits of working in partnership: A model

    Article • Critical Public Health, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  47. “The walls were so damp and cold” fuel poverty and ill health in Northern Ireland: Results from a housing intervention

    Article • Health & Place, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  48. The right tool for the task: ‘boundary spanners’ in a partnership approach to tackle fuel poverty in rural Northern Ireland

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, December 2006, Wiley

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  49. Integrating sustainable development and public health on the island of Ireland

    Article • Public Health, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  50. Smoking and peer groups: Results from a longitudinal qualitative study of young people in Northern Ireland

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, September 2005, Wiley

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  51. Hard boys, attractive girls: expressions of gender in young people's conversations on smoking in Northern Ireland

    Article • Health Promotion International, December 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa

  52. Anxious adults vs. cool children: children's views on smoking and addiction

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Jorun Rugkåsa