Research Article: Involuntary Hospitalizations in an Italian Acute Psychiatric Ward: A -Year Retrospective Analysis
Introduction:
In most Western countries, the last years have been characterized by a transition from an asylum-based psychiatric system to a community-based one, with a gradual reduction in psychiatric hospital beds and the implementation of community services. Nowadays, hospitalization in Psychiatry is resorted to only when it is strictly necessary and urgent, and where it is not possible to provide the individual with adequate home-based care, in order to avoid disrupting quality of life and favoring potential regressive…
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