Data resource profile of an online database system for forensic mental health services.

ABSTRACT: This paper introduces a forensic psychiatry database established in Japan and discusses its significance and future issues. The purpose of this Database, created under the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act (MTSA) Database Project, is to improve the quality of forensic psychiatry treatment. It can collect monthly data on "basic information," "Orders and hospitalizations under the MTSA," "Treatment process," "Criminal and medical treatment history," and "problematic behavior in the unit." The online system has accumulated data on more than 8,000 items in 24 broad categories. Medical data are exported from the medical care assisting system of 32 designated inpatient facilities in XML format and then saved on USB memory sticks. The files are imported into the Database system client, which

SUBMITTER: Koike J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863232 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature