Abstract
Background Emotional and behavioral problems are common in young people and mental health problems are frequently intertwined with social problems. Both involuntary psychiatric treatment and taking into care may be used in order to manage youth behavioral problems. Compulsory interventions always endanger violating basic civil rights and therefore careful monitoring of them is warranted. The objective of this study was to evaluate trends in Finland in involuntary psychiatric inpatient treatment and taking into care 12 – 17-year-old adolescents from the year 1996 to the year 2003.
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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
Emotional and behavioral problems are common in young people and mental health problems are frequently intertwined with social problems
Both involuntary psychiatric treatment and taking into care may be used in order to manage youth behavioral problems
Summary
Emotional and behavioral problems are common in young people and mental health problems are frequently intertwined with social problems. The involuntary psychiatric treatment and child welfare placements in Finland 1996–2003: a nationwide register study Ulla Siponen*1, Maritta Välimäki1, Matti Kaivosoja2, Mauri Marttunen3 and Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino4 Address: 1Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014 University of Turku, Finland, 2Keski-Pohjanmaa Hospital District, Mariankatu 16-20, 67200
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