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INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION IN TWO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS FROM DIFFERENT CATCHMENT AREAS IN CROATIA SIX MONTHS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW ON MENTAL HEALTH
Vera FOLNEGOVIĆ-ŠMALC
Tajana LJUBIN
Suzana UZUN
Vesna ŠENDULA-JENGIĆ
Sažetak
The aim of the study was to investigate involuntary admissions in
two psychiatric hospitals from different catchment areas in
Croatia, six months after the Law on Mental Health was passed.
Medical records were surveyed in the six-month period. The
sample comprised 380 men and 335 women hospitalized
voluntarily, and 48 men and 125 women hospitalized
involuntarily. The results showed a higher prevalence of
involuntary hospitalization in the Psychiatric Hospital Rab, in
comparison to the University Department of the Psychiatric
Hospital Vrap~e. Most patients from both hospitals had the final
diagnosis of psychosis. Although there were some differences
between the two hospitals regarding factors distinguishing
involuntary from voluntary patients, the most consistent factor
related to involuntary hospitalization was "being female".
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Hrčak ID:
20301
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Datum izdavanja:
28.2.2000.
Posjeta: 2.210 *