title: Patients' views and readmissions 1 year after involuntary hospitalisation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about the long-term outcome of involuntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess involuntary readmissions and patients' retrospective views of the justification of the admission as 1-year outcomes and to identify factors associated with these outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Socio-demographic data and readmissions were collected for 1570 involuntarily admitted patients. Within the first week after admission 50% were interviewed, and of these 51% were re-interviewed after 1 year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 1 year, 15% of patients had been readmitted involuntarily, and 40% considered their original admission justified. Lower initial treatment satisfaction, being on benefits, living with others and being of African and/or Caribbean origin were associated with higher involuntary readmission rates. Higher initial treatment satisfaction, poorer initial global functioning and living alone were linked with more positive retrospective views of the admission.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients' views of treatment within the first week are a relevant indicator for the long-term prognosis of involuntarily admitted patients.
authors.affiliation: Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK. S.Priebe@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Priebe
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katsakou
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amos
authors.forename: Morven
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leese
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morriss
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Til
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wykes
authors.forename: Ksenija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yeeles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult