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dc.contributor.authorRøtvold, Ketil
dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-18T11:55:04Z
dc.date.available2016-03-18T11:55:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-08
dc.description.abstract<p>Background: In Norway, it is usually GPs that refer patients to involuntary admission. A high proportion of such referrals come from out-of-hours clinics. Little is known about who first initiate the contact between the patients and the referring doctors and which expectations the referring doctors have with respect to the involuntary admissions. The aim of the study was to examine who first detected the patients who were subsequently involuntarily admitted, and to examine the referring doctors’ expectations for the admissions. <p>Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 74 doctors that had referred patients for involuntary admission at a psychiatric hospital. <p>Results: Patients who were involuntarily admitted were detected by other branches of the health service (52 %, n = 39), family (25 %, n = 19), and the police (17 %, n = 13). The doctors mentioned these expectations for the admission (more than one expectation could be given): start treatment with neuroleptics: 58 % (n = 43), take care of the patient: 45 % (n = 34), extensive changes to the treatment regime: 37 % (n = 28), solve an acute situation: 35 % (n = 26), and clarify the diagnosis: 22 % (n = 17). Female doctors significantly more often expected that the patients would be examined and treated, while the male doctors significantly more often expected that the patients would be cared for. <p>Conclusions: Involuntary admissions are typically complex processes involving different people and services and patients with various needs. More knowledge about the events preceding hospitalization is needed in order to develop alternatives to involuntary admissions.en_US
dc.descriptionPublished version. Also available at <a href= http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0048-8> http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0048-8</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems 2016, 10:20en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1336852
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s13033-016-0048-8
dc.identifier.issn1752-4458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9037
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8604
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri, barnepsykiatri: 757en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Psychiatry, child psychiatry: 757en_US
dc.subjectPsychiatryen_US
dc.subjectGeneral practitionersen_US
dc.subjectInvoluntary admissionen_US
dc.subjectHealth servicesen_US
dc.subjectExpectationsen_US
dc.titleInvoluntary psychiatric admission: how the patients are detected and the general practitioners' expectations for hospitalization. An interview-based studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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