Konrad N, Missoni L
Institut für Forensische Psychiatrie, Freie Universität Berlin.
Psychiatr Prax. 2001 Jan;28(1):35-42. doi: 10.1055/s-2001-10504.
The study was intended to provide information on the frequency and general condition of inpatient and outpatient treatment of mentally disturbed prisoners in general psychiatry in Germany.
Directors of psychiatric institutions and chief physicians of prisons in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Rheinland-Pfalz were interviewed via a standardized questionnaire.
The use of inpatient psychiatric treatment was approximately 0.1 to 2.3% in 1997 with reference to the total admissions in 1997.
The rare use of psychiatric beds in general psychiatry may reflect obstacles concerning the status of prisoners and reservations regarding difficult patients.
