Compulsory psychiatric admissions in the canton of Basel-Stadt between September 2013 and April 2022: Analysis of the cantonal database of the Health Department of Basel-Stadt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to federal and cantonal law, persons with an acute mental illness can be admitted to a psychiatric hospital or another suitable institution against their will, when other therapeutic options are not available or have been exhausted. In the canton of Basel-Stadt, this is the responsibility of public health officers employed by the division of Social Medicine of the cantonal Health Department.

Aims

This study aims to elucidate which factors influence the decision-making of public health officers regarding compulsory admissions over the period from September 2013 to April 2022 in the canton of Basel-Stadt.

Method

Leveraging comprehensive clinical data from the health department of the canton Basel-Stadt (N = 5,'550), we estimated a mixe

SUBMITTER: Schneider M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10248285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature