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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 22 No. suppl 1., 2010.

Conference paper

ALTERNATIVE WORK AND WORLD. CHRONICITY OF EMERGENCIES AND THE WORK IN CRISIS UNIT

Gerald Deschietere ; Université Catholique de Louvain – St Luc, Belgium

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Abstract

We describe the legal framework within which we carry out consultations, otherwise called expertises, with view to considering
involuntary admissions to hospital for the treatment of mental illness (here called confinements). We note that in our area only 40%
of consultations lead to involuntary admissions to hospital, and we believe that this number is related to our consideration of
alternative methods of care in the community. We suggest a multi-centric study to evaluate what specific skills are required to
properly carry out these assessments and to establish the extent to which the increased workload of assessments is influencing the
rate of involuntary admissions.

Keywords

assessments; involuntary admissions

Hrčak ID:

262771

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262771

Publication date:

14.9.2010.

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