Court-ordered inpatient psychiatric care in Switzerland: determinants of length of stay and treatment outcome

IntroductionIn several European countries, offenders with decreased or abolished responsibility and high risk of recidivism due to long-lasting mental disorders are compulsory admitted for court-ordered treatments (COT) that take place in high and medium-security hospitals. As a rule, length of stay...

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Main Authors: Kerstin Weber, Sandrine Morier, Lise Lesaffre, Christophe Menu, Philippe Bertschy, François R. Herrmann, Panteleimon Giannakopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1222337/full