TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions according to public law - a retrospective analysis
JO  - Psychiatrische Praxis
A1  - Jäger, Markus
A1  - Klimczyk, Johannes
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - de
SN  - 0303-4259
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-2191-4099
ID  - ref1
ER  -