Øyvind Holst

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Øyvind Holst er cand.jur., ph.d. og spesialrådgiver ved Regionalt kompetansesenter for sikkerhets-, fengsels- og rettspsykiatri/SIFER ved Oslo universitetssykehus.

Articles by Øyvind Holst

The 'forensication' of mental health care in Norway

Stine Kilden,
Øyvind Holst,
Cecilie Bhandari Hartberg

15.12.2025: The justice sector is now a key driver of developments in mental health care, and an increasing share of healthcare resources is being diverted to meet the demands of the criminal justice system. As a result, the health service's influence over its own operations is diminishing. In 2002, the...

Coercion in the ambulance setting

Nina Øye Thorvaldsen,
Anne Kristine Bergem,
Øyvind Holst,
Kristin Häikiö

10.10.2022: According to the Norwegian Health Care Act, coercion and force are defined as 'interventions resisted by the service user, or that are of such an intrusive nature that they, irrespective of resistance, must be considered to involve coercion or force' (1). In this study, coercion is defined as the...