[Staff requirements for inpatient psychiatry. "Regulation of criteria and principles for personnel requirements in inpatient psychiatry" by the Federal Government in comparison with a personnel analysis generated by the clinic].

A comprehensive analysis of the organization and personal setup was conducted at the Hans-Prinzhorn Clinic in Hemer, West Germany, from July to September 1989 after appropriate preparations that had taken about 12 months. The investigation method and the results are described. Besides the results themselves, planning and execution of this systematic study are significant in shaping the future development of this clinic. Later, and independent of our analysis, the Federal German Government promulgated a special regulation governing the setup of personal engaged in psychiatry, on 18 December 1990. The results of this regulation are compared with those obtained at our clinic. The results are practically always comparable or similar. Hence, minimum staff requirements in inpatient psychiatry were found to be near-identical as assessed by methodically different and independent analysis conducted at different times.