Treatment programs are also increasingly designed to prevent hospital admissions and to avoid compulsory admission in all but exceptional cases.
A great piece of research published recently in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, found that greater satisfaction with prior treatment reduced the risk of compulsory admission "remarkably".
The main purpose of this study was to assess the empirical findings of compulsory admission for psychiatric disorders before and after the 2007 amendment to the Mental Health Act in Taiwan.
Alcohol dependency, taking mood stabilizers, compulsory admission or arrest in the previous 6 months, greater clinical severity, and changing antipsychotic medication due to lack of effectiveness at baseline predicted a higher frequency of medication discontinuation in the subsequent 12 months.
Finally, four items assess shame and contempt as emotional reactions to compulsory admission.
To be forced into treatment for such disorders through compulsory admission, increases the risk still further.
Frequencies of compulsory admission were found to vary across the European Union [ 40].
Compulsory admission is one of the possible outcomes of this index consultation.
Coercive treatment comprises compulsory admission of patients as well as coercive treatment measures.
The legal basis for compulsory admission in Switzerland is regulated by the Swiss Civil Code Art.
Higher levels of social support may reduce the risk of (compulsory) admission.
