Situational vulnerability within mental healthcare - a qualitative analysis of ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Mental healthcare users and patients were described as a particularly vulnerable group in the debate on the burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just what this means and what normative conclusions can be derived from it depend to a large extent on the underlying concept of vulnerability. While a traditional understanding locates vulnerability in the characteristics of social groups, a situational and dynamic approach considers how social structures produce vulnerable social positions.

Development and validation of the German translation of the views on inpatient care (VOICE-DE) outcome measure to assess service users' perceptions of inpatient psychiatric care.

Background: Service user satisfaction in inpatient psychiatric care is often measured with instruments that have been designed by professionals, without involving the perspective of service users. Views on Inpatient Care (VOICE), developed in England, is among the first service-user-generated outcome measures which included service users' perspectives in the process.

Aims: In this study, we aimed to validate a German version of VOICE.