Average Number Of Admissions Research Articles

Hospitalization Experience of Mentally Disturbed and Disruptive, Incarcerated Offenders

This paper explores briefly the handling of disturbed and disruptive offenders, the extent to which such offenders have been subject to previous hospitalization in mental health facilities, and some implications for their future care and custody. In New England's maximum security institutions nearly 60% of 365 offenders, identified as both disruptive and diagnosed as having some type of psychiatric disturbance, were admitted at least once to a state mental hospital. The average number of admissions was 2.6 per offender amounting to an average of 230.4 days of hospitalization or approximately 3 months per admission. Although the number of such offenders is small, the extent of previous hospitalizations suggests that it is imperative that correctional and mental health authorities work more closely together to plan jointly for the care, custody and treatment of this population. The development of regional mental health programs and facilities should continue to be explored.

A Record of Admissions to the Mental Section of the Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, from June 17th, 1916, to June 16th, 1917

During the first twelve months of the admission of patients to the mental wards of the Lord Derby War Hospital there were 2,429 admissions and 1,466 discharges. The average number of admissions per month was 202, and the average number of discharges per month was 122. To those who have devoted their time to the admission and discharge of mental cases in large asylums in peace time these numbers alone will convince them that the condition of things must be very different to what they have been accustomed. The enormous amount of work in investigating these cases will also, I am sure, be appreciated, and those who, in addition, have any knowledge of Army Forms and the preparation of these before the final discharge of a patient from hospital will realise the amount of routine necessary before these 1,466 patients could be discharged.