Citation

Lindström E, Palmstierna T, Wallsten T, Lindstrom L, von Knorring L. Eur. J. Psychiatry 1994; 8(1): 5-14.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Departmento de Psiquiatria de la Facultad de Medicina de Zaragoza)

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Abstract

During seven months in 1991, 95 patients admitted to compulsory care were compared to 94 voluntarily admitted patients. The main aim was to elucidate which symptoms and signs lead to compulsory care. Schizophrenia and schizophrenia like psychoses were significantly more common in the patients admitted for compulsory treatment. Thus, in the rest of the comparisons, the interest was focused on the 60 compulsorily treated and 33 voluntarily admitted patients with schizophrenia schizophrenia-like psychosis. Contrary to our expectations, there were no significant differences as concerns age, sex, medication or social functioning during the year previous to admission and no symptoms were significantly more common among the compulsorily treated patients, except for hostility. The main reasons for compulsory treatment turned out to be the presence of pre -and postadmission violent acts and preadmission suicidal behaviour.

Language: en

Keywords

human; violence; suicide; female; male; sweden; schizophrenia; psychosis; lithium; clinical trial; article; major clinical study; controlled study; antidepressant agent; mental health care; controlled clinical trial; tranquilizer; symptoms; compulsory care; BPRS; GAF