Whiting Forensic Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut (all authors); Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (Wasser, Kapoor). Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is editor of this column.
Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Oct 1;71(10):1088-1090. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000584.
Specific guidance on how to manage COVID-19 in forensic psychiatric institutions is necessary because these settings differ substantially from both acute-care psychiatric hospitals and correctional institutions. The challenges raised by COVID-19 in these settings are unique, given the nature of the patients treated, length of stay, and need to collaborate with various partners in the criminal justice system during both the admission and discharge planning processes. This column outlines these specific challenges, which are likely to recur in subsequent epidemics, and suggests potential strategies to address them.
由于法医学精神病院与急性精神病医院和监狱有很大的不同，因此有必要提供有关如何管理 COVID-19 的具体指导。鉴于所治疗患者的性质、住院时间以及在入院和出院计划过程中与刑事司法系统中的各个合作伙伴协作的必要性，这些环境中 COVID-19 带来的挑战是独特的。本专栏概述了这些可能在随后的疫情中再次出现的具体挑战，并提出了潜在的应对策略。
