title: [The status of legally committed psychiatric patients in the psychiatric hospital].
abstract: 101 mental patients hospitalized according to a court decision stayed on average for 9.7 years. General behaviour, social independence and chances for discharge were not related to illness but to the duration of accommodation. The chances for discharge decrease as the stay in hospital increases. The initial medical reasons for hospitalization are the less important factor in the period of in-patient treatment. The foundations for successful medical and social rehabilitation can only be laid in the early stage of accommodation.
authors.affiliation: Bezirkskrankenhaus für Neurologie und Psychiatrie Arnsdorf.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012917:Social Adjustment
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Situation gerichtlich eingewiesener psychisch Kranker im psychiatrischen Krankenhaus.