Psychiatrische Praxis
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Psychiatrische Praxis · Jan 2001
Comparative Study[Deinstitutionalization, housing situation and subjective satisfaction of schizophrenic patients].
After the German reunification the deinstitutionalisation of long-term hospitalised psychiatric patients and the restructuring of the complementary psychiatric care has become necessary in the "new" German states. Hereby it became possible to offer alternative residential settings and new community-oriented care programmes for the mentally disabled. ⋯ Requirements for the further development of the complementary psychiatric care system are deduced.
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Psychiatrische Praxis · Jan 2001
[Psychiatric treatment of prisoners in general psychiatric wards exemplified by North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Pfalz].
The study was intended to provide information on the frequency and general condition of inpatient and outpatient treatment of mentally disturbed prisoners in general psychiatry in Germany. ⋯ The rare use of psychiatric beds in general psychiatry may reflect obstacles concerning the status of prisoners and reservations regarding difficult patients.