Granting Leave to Patients in Bavarian Forensic-Psychiatric Hospitals: A Survey to Describe the Current Process and Develop Guidelines

Forensic-psychiatric patients reoffending or absconding during the leave granted to them (hereafter referred to as “granted leave”) have gained increased attention by researchers and the general public. The patients’ right to freedom on the one hand and the need for protection of the general public...

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Main Authors: Halina Sklenarova, Janina Neutze, Thomas Kretschmer, Joachim Nitschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00287/full