Status of admission style in psychiatric hospital after Mental Health Law issued
YUAN Yuan
JIANG Guo-qing
Abstract：Objective To explore the admission style of psychotic patients in psychiatric hospital after Mental Health Law issued. Methods Totals of 313 psychotic inpatients in Chongqing Mental Health Center from May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2016 were assessed by self-made questionnaire. Results In all patients, 128 (40.9%) were voluntary admission, while 185 were involuntary admission (59.1%). Clinical diagnosis, insight and attitudes toward treatment were statistically significant between two groups (P<0.01). Proportion of severe mental disorders were significantly higher in involuntary admission group (P<0.01). Logistic regression showed that treatment attitude (OR=3.213,95%CI=1.657-6.300,P<0.01) was influencing factor of involuntary hospi-talization. Conclusions Involuntary hospitalization is the major admission style of psychotic patients after Men-tal Health Law issued. Treatment attitude may have an impact on it.
Keywords：Mental disordersCross-sectional studiesAdmission style
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 629-632 )