CHANGES IN BODY MASS, DRUG USE AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR IN FORENSIC PATIENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.43.2.6Ključne riječi:
COVID-19, forenzička psihijatrija, tjelesna težina, farmakoterapijaSažetak
The main objective of this study was to assess behavioural changes in forensic
patients (those assessed as not guilty by reason of insanity and sent for an
involuntary forensic treatment) during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
There were 82 patients treated at the Department for Forensic Psychiatry of
the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče in 2020, 45 of which stayed in the
department for the whole year. Data were extracted from their charts and from
the nurses’ reports about their body masses, additional therapy prescribed and
incidents at the ward. During the lock-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
the body masses of the forensic patients decreased significantly in the first
weeks of the lock-down and stayed low during the rest of 2020. Patients used
fewer additional antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, hypnotics and pain killers in
April 2020 as compared to February 2020. In June 2020, the use of these drugs
returned to pre-pandemic levels, with the exception of antipsychotics. In August
2020, painkiller use increased to higher than pre-pandemic levels. The number
of incidents during lock-down was lower compared to pre-pandemic levels.
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