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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2024

Data resource profile of an online database system for forensic mental health services.

Junko Koike, Toshiaki Kono, Koji Takeda, Yuji Yamada, Chiyo Fujii, Naotsugu Hirabayashi

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Article in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Junko KoikeDepartment of Community Mental Health and Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawahigashi, 187-8553, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan. koike@ncnp.go.jp.
Toshiaki KonoKawasaki City Inclusive Rehabilitation Center, 5-1, Nisshin-cho, Kawasaki Ward, 210-0024, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Koji TakedaDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawahigashi, 187-8551, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuji YamadaDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawahigashi, 187-8551, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Chiyo FujiiDepartment of Community Mental Health and Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawahigashi, 187-8553, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Naotsugu HirabayashiDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawahigashi, 187-8551, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare JPMH21GC1012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper introduces a forensic psychiatry database established in Japan and discusses its significance and future issues. The purpose of this Database, created under the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act (MTSA) Database Project, is to improve the quality of forensic psychiatry treatment. It can collect monthly data on "basic information," "Orders and hospitalizations under the MTSA," "Treatment process," "Criminal and medical treatment history," and "problematic behavior in the unit." The online system has accumulated data on more than 8,000 items in 24 broad categories. Medical data are exported from the medical care assisting system of 32 designated inpatient facilities in XML format and then saved on USB memory sticks. The files are imported into the Database system client, which sends the data to the Database server via a virtual private network. This system minimizes errors and efficiently imports patient data. However, there is a limitation that it is difficult to set items that need to be analyzed to solve everyday clinical problems into the database system because they tend to change over time. By evaluating the effectiveness of the Database, and collecting appropriate data, it is expected to disseminate a wide range of knowledge that will contribute to the future development of mental health and welfare care.

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Mental Health ServicesForensic PsychiatryHospitalizationHumansJapanOnline Systems

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PMID38350972
PMCPMC10863232

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