The Nordic comparative study on sectorized psychiatry: rates of compulsory care and use of compulsory admissions during a 1-year follow-up
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologyPublished 1 March 1999
Lars Hansson, S. Muus, O. Saarento, H. R. Vinding, G. Göstas, Mikael Sandlund
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The strongest predictor of being compulsorily admitted was the specific psychiatric service the patient was in contact with, followed by having a psychosis diagnosis, while social variables played only a minor role in predicting compulsory care.
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There was a great variation in rates of compulsory care. No consistent rural-urban pattern in rates of commitment was found. It is discussed whether a formal referral procedure to the psychiatric service is associated with higher rates of compulsory care.
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