title: [Vicissitudes of hospitalization and emergency in a Prison Psychiatric hospital].
abstract: This paper evaluates the Reform of the Psychiatrist Central Ward for Men (Unit 20 of the Federal Prison System). The aim is to study the process of adopting a new paradigm for medically assisting psychiatric prisoner-patients and its consequences. It concludes that the medical condition of a psychiatric prisoner should be clarified and referred to the Department of Forensic Medicine by a Criminal Court straightaway, and that the Department of Forensic Medicine should act more promptly. It also suggests the relative reduction in working hours of both teams.
authors.affiliation: Programa Nacional de Atención del Interno con Enfermedad Mental Grave, Proyecto de Reforma del Servicio Psiquiátrico Central de Varones (Unidad 20 del Servicio Penitenciario Federal). luisohman@yahoo.com.ar
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ohman
authors.forename: Germán
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alberio
authors.forename: Matías
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertone
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Márquez
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital