@article{ref1,
title="Involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions according to public law - a retrospective analysis",
journal="Psychiatrische Praxis",
year="2023",
author="Jäger, Markus and Klimczyk, Johannes",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We provide an empirical survey of the current practice on involuntary psychiatric hospital admission. <br><br>METHODS: Bases on clinical case records, we performed a retrospective analysis of 346 cases with an involuntary hospital admission according to public law in 2020 (21.0% of all inpatient admissions in this period). <br><br>RESULTS: Announcement of suicide was the most frequent cause for involuntary hospital admission (45.1%). Most common diagnoses were substance-related disorders (30.1%), stress-related disorders (19.9%), and schizophrenic psychoses (18.8%). Only 12.7% of the involuntary admissions resulted in a further involuntary hospitalization, whereas 44.5% of all episodes were followed by a discharge within 24 hours. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In many cases, involuntary hospital admissions are reactions to suicidal crises. It will be interesting to see, if the introduction of alternative low-threshold services can help to reduce the frequency of such admissions.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0303-4259",
doi="10.1055/a-2191-4099",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-2191-4099"
}