Open doors of a psychiatric intensive care unit with addiction patients: A 3-year Follow up study

A psychiatric addiction admission ward was conceptually modified in 2014 into a therapeutic and an intensive care unit. The effects of this restructuring procedure were now studied in a 3-year follow up.  Data about times of closed doors, length of stay and coercive measures were evaluated over 3 me...

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Published inFortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie Vol. 87; no. 9; p. 493
Main Authors Schmid, Petra, Uhlmann, Carmen
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.09.2019
Subjects
Addiction Medicine
Coercion
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric Department, Hospital - organization & administration
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
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Summary:A psychiatric addiction admission ward was conceptually modified in 2014 into a therapeutic and an intensive care unit. The effects of this restructuring procedure were now studied in a 3-year follow up.  Data about times of closed doors, length of stay and coercive measures were evaluated over 3 measurement phases (Prä, Post, Follow-Up), each covering a 5-months period.  After restructuring, the door was closed significantly less often. In the follow-up period the results improved once more.  The conceptual restructuring on a therapeutic, organizational and constructional level resulted in a sustained change in terms of custodial measures and length of stay.
ISSN:1439-3522
DOI:10.1055/a-0759-1809