Foreign National Patients in German Prison Psychiatry [PDF]
Introduction: Over the past few years, the share of foreign national prisoners in the European and American justice systems has increased at a disproportionately high rate, yet studies on mental health issues among this diverse group are rare.
Neumann, Britta+2 more
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Public Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Hospitals: A Rural-Urban Comparative Public Survey in Odisha State, India [PDF]
Background: Integration of psychiatric care with public health services and offering mental health care services to patients from lower socioeconomic status remains a global challenge. Scarcity of funds and professional workforce in psychiatric hospitals
Aditya Mungee+10 more
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‘Heading up a blind alley’? Scottish psychiatric hospitals in the era of deinstitutionalization [PDF]
This article examines Scottish provision of psychiatric care in the 1960s and 1970s. It demonstrates that institutional services did not rapidly disappear across the UK following the Ministry of Health’s decision to shut down psychiatric hospitals in ...
Long, Vicky
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Joint crisis plans and psychiatric advance directives in German psychiatric practice [PDF]
This study explores the attitude of German psychiatrists in leading positions towards joint crisis plans and psychiatric advance directives. This topic was examined by contacting 473 medical directors of German psychiatric hospitals and departments. They
Falkai, Peter+3 more
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The experience of long-stay patients in a forensic psychiatric hospital in China: a qualitative study [PDF]
open access articleBackground Long stay in forensic psychiatric hospitals is common in patients who are defined as “not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder”.
Chen, Hui+13 more
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The Effect of Psychiatric Rehabilitation on the Activity and Participation Level of Clients with Long-Term Psychiatric Disabilities [PDF]
During the last decades of the 20th century, many psychiatric hospitals changed the living environments of their clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities.
Felling, Albert,+2 more
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Psychiatric illness predicts poor outcome after surgery for hip fracture: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
Background. Hip fracture is common in the elderly. Previous studies suggest that psychiatric illness is common and predicts poor outcome, but have methodological weaknesses. Further studies are required to address this important issue. Methods.
Holmes, J., House, A.
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Decision-making capacity for treatment in psychiatric and medical in-patients: Cross-sectional, comparative study [PDF]
BackgroundIs the nature of decision-making capacity (DMC) for treatment significantly different in medical and psychiatric patients?AimsTo compare the abilities relevant to DMC for treatment in medical and psychiatric patients who are able to communicate
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‘You may kiss the bride, but you may not open your mouth when you do so’: policies concerning sex, marriage and relationships in English forensic psychiatric facilities [PDF]
In 1996, the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommended that all psychiatric facilities in the UK develop policies concerning sexuality and sexual expression for persons contained in those facilities.
Bartlett, Peter+4 more
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine within Norwegian hospitals [PDF]
Background: Over the recent decades complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use within and outside of the public health care system in Norway has increased.
Foss, Nina+3 more
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