Veikko Pelto-Piri

Articles in journals

• Pelto-Piri, V. , Kjellin, L. , Kronman, L. , Wetterling, J. & Björkdahl, A. (2025). Between rights and reality: patient perceptions of social inclusion in a forensic psychiatric clinic implementing safewards.  Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. [BibTeX]
• Lindow, M. , Tyrberg, M. J. , Pelto-Piri, V. & Björkdahl, A. (2025). Psychiatrists' experiences with the implementation of safewards and other quality improvement work: an explorative, qualitative interview study.  BMC Psychiatry, 25 (1). [BibTeX]
• Karlsson, J. , Anttonen, S. , Kjellin, L. , Pelto-Piri, V. & Björkdahl, A. (2025). Who is Navigating this Ship? A Qualitative Interview Study of Nursing Staff's Experiences of Implementing Safewards in a Forensic Mental Health Clinic.  International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 24 (2), 181-191. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Kjellin, L. , Backman, G. , Carlsson, K. & Björkdahl, A. (2024). Patient responsiveness as a safewards fidelity indicator: a qualitative interview study on an acute psychiatric in-patient ward.  BMC Health Services Research, 24 (1). [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. & Stranberg, A. (2022). Att förebygga våld och tvång på institutioner genom social inkludering.  Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, 29 (1), 113-125. [BibTeX]
• Lindow, M. , Kjellin, L. , Engström, I. & Pelto-Piri, V. (2022). Strategies for the Prevention of Violence in Institutional Care: A Qualitative Interview Study With Ward Managers.  Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. & Kjellin, L. (2021). Social inclusion and violence prevention in psychiatric inpatient care: A qualitative interview study with service users, staff members and ward managers.  BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1). [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Hylén, U. & Kjellin, L. (2020). Informellt tvång mot patienter – reflektioner över former och användning: En intervjustudie med psykiatripersonal.  Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, 27 (1), 71-90. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Warg, L. & Kjellin, L. (2020). Violence and aggression in psychiatric inpatient care in Sweden: a critical incident technique analysis of staff descriptions.  BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1). [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Kjellin, L. , Hylén, U. , Valenti, E. & Priebe, S. (2019). Different forms of informal coercion in psychiatry: a qualitative study.  BMC Research Notes, 12 (1). [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Wallsten, T. , Hylén, U. , Nikban, I. & Kjellin, L. (2019). Feeling safe or unsafe in psychiatric inpatient care, a hospital-based qualitative interview study with inpatients in Sweden.  International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 13. [BibTeX]
• Hylén, U. , Engström, I. , Engström, K. , Pelto-Piri, V. & Anderzen-Carlsson, A. (2019). Providing Good Care in the Shadow of Violence: An Interview Study with Nursing Staff and Ward Managers in Psychiatric Inpatient Care in Sweden.  Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 40 (2), 148-157. [BibTeX]
• Hylén, U. , Kjellin, L. , Pelto-Piri, V. & Warg, L. (2018). Psychosocial work environment within psychiatric inpatient care in Sweden: Violence, stress, and value incongruence among nursing staff.  International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (3), 1086-1098. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Kjellin, L. , Lindvall, C. & Engström, I. (2016). Justifications for coercive care in child and adolescent psychiatry, a content analysis of medical documentation in Sweden.  BMC Health Services Research, 16. [BibTeX]
• Valenti, E. , Banks, C. , Calcedo-Barba, A. , Bensimon, C. M. , Hoffmann, K. , Pelto-Piri, V. , Jurin, T. , Marquez Mendoza, O. & et al. (2015). Informal coercion in psychiatry: a focus group study of attitudes and experiences of mental health professionals in ten countries.  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50 (8), 1297-1308. [BibTeX]
• Kjellin, L. & Pelto-Piri, V. (2014). Community treatment orders in a Swedish county: Applied as intended?.  BMC Research Notes, 7 (1). [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Engström, K. & Engström, I. (2014). Staffs’ perceptions of the ethical landscape in psychiatric inpatient care: A qualitative content analysis of ethical diaries.  Clinical Ethics, 9 (1), 45-52. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Engström, K. & Engström, I. (2013). Paternalism, autonomy and reciprocity: ethical perspectives in encounters with patients in psychiatric in-patient care..  BMC Medical Ethics, 14 (1), 49. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Engström, K. & Engström, I. (2012). The ethical landscape of professional care in everyday practice as perceived by staff: a qualitative content analysis of ethical diaries written by staff in child and adolescent psychiatric in-patient care.  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 6 (1), 18. [BibTeX]

Articles, reviews/surveys

• Väätäinen, L. , Björkqvist, M. , Li, Y. , Pelto-Piri, V. , Ferreira, A. & Lantta, T. (2025). Instruments for Short-Term (24 h) Violence Risk Assessment and Strategies for Managing Violence Risk Among Adolescents With Risk for Violent Behaviour: A Systematic Review.  International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 34 (4). [BibTeX]
• Björkdahl, A. , Johansson, U. , Kjellin, L. & Pelto-Piri, V. (2024). Barriers and enablers to the implementation of Safewards and the alignment to the i-PARIHS framework: A qualitative systematic review.  International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 33 (1), 18-36. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

• Pelto-Piri, V. & Wetterling, J. (2024). From Paternalism to Social Inclusion? User Organisations’ Narratives of Psychiatric Services in Sweden. In: Elisabeth Punzi; Cornelia Wächter; Christoph Singer, Narrating the Heritage of Psychiatry (pp. 79-97). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

• Pelto-Piri, V. (2022). Service users’ perceptions of Safewards implementation fidelity on an acute psychiatric in-patient ward. Paper presented at ECVCP 2022 - THE 12TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON VIOLENCE IN CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY, Rotterdam, Nederlänaderna, 6-8 October, 2022. [BibTeX]
• Kjellin, L. , Pelto-Piri, V. & Wallsten, T. (2020). Etik i praktiken: Reflektioner kring informellt tvång och situationer med hot och våld i psykiatrin. Paper presented at Svenska Psykiatrikongressen 2020, Göteborg, 11-13 Mars, 2020. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. & Kjellin, L. (2019). Social inclusion and prevention of violence: Patients’, staff members’ and ward managers’ descriptions of meetings in psychiatric inpatient care in Sweden. Paper presented at European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry 2019, Oslo, Norway, 24-26 October, 2019. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. & Wetterling, J. (2019). Values and the cultural heritage of psychiatry: From paternalism to social inclusion in meetings with the patient in psychiatric inpatient settings in Sweden. Paper presented at The material and immaterial heritage of psychiatry 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-12 June, 2019. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Hylén, U. , Wallsten, T. , Nikban, I. & Kjellin, L. (2018). To feel safe or unsafe at a psychiatric ward: Experiences reported by 17 patients. In:  Abstract Book. Paper presented at ECAME Annual Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 6-8, 2018. [BibTeX]
• Kjellin, L. , Warg, L. & Pelto-Piri, V. (2017). Violence and threats of violence in Swedish inpatient care: A Critical Incidence Technique analysis. Paper presented at 10th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry “Creating collaborative care: a multi-partnership approach”, Dublin, Ireland, 26-28 October, 2017. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Engström, K. , Warg, L. , Kjellin, L. & Engström, I. (2016). Staff views on prevention and management of violence at institutions: Aspects of values and safety in encounters with young clients and patients. Paper presented at 6th European Conference for Social Work Research. ”Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies: crossed dialogues and new pathways between praxis and research”, March 30- April 1, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. (2015). Current clinical ethics support activities in mental health care: Report from Sweden. Paper presented at Ethical challenges, in mental health care, clinical ethics support and the role of the family. An international Conference, 5 June 2015, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway. [BibTeX]
• Kjellin, L. , Törnqvist, S. , Warg, L. & Pelto-Piri, V. (2015). Incidences of violence in psychiatric inpatient care as described by staff. Paper presented at 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry “Advancing knowledge – Transforming Practice”, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-24 October, 2015. [BibTeX]
• Hylén, U. , Engström, K. , Pelto-Piri, V. , Kjellin, L. & Warg, L. (2015). Violence prevention and organisational values: Views from management and staff in three types of psychiatric inpatient care. Paper presented at 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry “Advancing knowledge – Transforming Practice”, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-24 October 2015. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. (2014). Ethical Diaries in Psychiatry. Paper presented at Symposium: Clinical Ethics in Psychiatry, VU University. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 20 june, 2014. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Engström, I. , Warg, L. & Kjellin, L. (2014). Prevention of violence in psychiatric inpatient care: aspects of ethics and safety in patient and staff encounters. “The patients voice”. Paper presented at 10th International conference for clinical ethics consultation. Paris 24-26 april, 2014, Paris, France. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. (2013). Etiska dagböcker i forskning och praktik. Paper presented at Nordisk etikk konferanse Universitetet i Oslo, 7-8 march 2013, Oslo, Norway. [BibTeX]
• Pelto-Piri, V. , Kjellin, L. & Engström, I. (2013). Motiv för tvångsvård i barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin i Sverige. Paper presented at Nordisk etikk konferanse, Universitetet i Oslo, 7-8 march 2013, Oslo, Norway. [BibTeX]
• Kjellin, L. & Pelto-Piri, V. (2013). Prevention of violence in psychiatric inpatient care: aspects of ethics and safety in encounters with patients. Paper presented at 8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry, Ghent, Belgien, 23-26 October, 2013. [BibTeX]

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

• Pelto-Piri, V. (2015). Ethical considerations in psychiatric inpatient care: The ethical landscape in everyday practice as described by staff. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro university. [BibTeX]

Reports

• Pelto-Piri, V. , Engström, K. & Engström, I. (2017). Hantering av hot och våld: Personalens syn på etik, bemötande och säkerhet i mötet med ungdomar på institutioner. Stockholm, Sweden: Statens institutionsstyrelse, SiS (Institutionsvård i Fokus 12). [BibTeX]