Abstract
Results We have collected data of 23 centers from nine sanitary regions of Spain. Total frequencies of admissions and compulsory admission rates vary remarkably across different regions. Concerning mechanical restraint there is not any legal framework for its implementation and local committees in each center rule the procedure. The main reason for their implementation was to avoid danger for the patient himself or for others (48%). Indication of the order was mainly given by the psychiatrists (64.3%) and the range of duration of the measure varied between 8 and 72 hours.
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Open AccessAddress: 1Carlos Haya University Hospital, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 2Department of Legal Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain and 3Department of Administrative Law, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review Thomas W Kallert, John Monahan, Juan E Mezzich Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-224X-7-S1-info.pdf
To present legal regulations of coercive treatments in Spain and to compare the differences between two of these measures: rates of voluntary and involuntary admissions and restraint protocols used in the psychiatric units of general hospitals across different regions in Spain
Summary
Address: 1Carlos Haya University Hospital, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 2Department of Legal Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain and 3Department of Administrative Law, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain. Published: 19 December 2007 BMC Psychiatry 2007, 7(Suppl 1):S45 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-S1-S45. World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Thematic Conference. Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review Thomas W Kallert, John Monahan, Juan E Mezzich Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-224X-7-S1-info.pdf
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