[Increased referral to psychiatric hospitalization: a challenge for better mental health policies].
This paper aims at investigating causes and potential remedies of increased psychiatric hospitalization in this country. The data suggest that there was growing pressure on psychiatric hospitals from 1950 to 2000. This may result from inappropriate management of a new type of acute psychiatric patient rather than severed epidemiology of acute psychiatric disorders. More focus on innovative crisis intervention programs emphasizing the central role of the general hospital in contemporary psychiatry may strongly contribute to better mental care. Despite significant advances in psychotherapy and medical research such an evolution is contended from the exquisite entropy of psychiatric systems. Those cultural and psychological factors associated with this issue require careful consideration and further studies.
Andreoli
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Département de psychiatrie, HUG, Genève. antonio.andreoli@hcuge.ch
Gaudry-Maire
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Rubovszky
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Ohlendorf
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Lorillard
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D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013557:Switzerland