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ArticleBMC psychiatry2020

Compulsory treatment in patients' homes in the Netherlands: what do mental health professionals think of this?

D A de Waardt, F M M A van der Heijden, J Rugkåsa, C L Mulder

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

D A de WaardtDepartment of Psychiatry, ETZ Hospital (Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis), Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, Tilburg, 5022 GC, the Netherlands. ddewaardt_research@outlook.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0953-6616
F M M A van der HeijdenVincent van Gogh for Mental Health, Venray, the Netherlands.
J RugkåsaHealth Services Research Unit, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
C L MulderParnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Akershus University Hospital · NOElisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis · NLErasmus MC · NLVincent Van Gogh Voor Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCompulsory treatment in patients' homes (CTH) will be introduced in the new Dutch mental health legislation. The aim of this study is to identify the opinions of mental health workers in the Netherlands on compulsory community treatment (CCT), and particularly on compulsory treatment in the patients' home.

methodsThis is a mixed methods study, comprising a semi-structured interview and a survey. Forty mental health workers took part in the semi-structured interview about CCT and 20 of them, working in outpatient services, also completed a questionnaire about CTH. Descriptive analyses were performed of indicated (dis) advantages and problems of CCT and of mean scores on the CTH questionnaire.

resultsOverall, the mental health workers seemed to have positive opinions on CCT. With respect to CTH, all mean scores were in the middle of the range, possibly indicating that clinicians were uncertain regarding safety issues and potential practical problems accompanying the use of CTH.

conclusionsThe majority of the participating mental health workers in this study had a positive attitude towards CCT, but they seemed relative uncertain about potential possibilities and problems of working with CTH.

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Community Mental Health ServicesMental DisordersCommitment of Persons with Psychiatric DisordersHumansLength of StayMental HealthNetherlandsCompulsory community treatmentMental health lawOutpatient commitment

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PMID32093641
PMCPMC7041256
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