Sarah Kirchmann-Kallas, Emili Sewerinow, Dörte Berthold, Christian Riedemann
{"title":"[Patients with psychotic symptoms in treatment detention under Section 64 of the German Criminal Code (StGB)].","authors":"Sarah Kirchmann-Kallas, Emili Sewerinow, Dörte Berthold, Christian Riedemann","doi":"10.1055/a-2967-3589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2967-3589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Differences between patients with and without previous psychotic symptoms (PPS) in forensic addiction treatment under Section 64 StGB regarding clinical, functional, cognitive, and substance-related characteristics, as well as changes in their proportion between 2021 and 2025, were examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 292 patients (259 without PPS, 33 with PPS) were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The proportion of patients with PPS increased significantly (OR=1.65; p<0.001). They showed lower functioning (35.24 vs. 44.37; p<0.001) and fewer months of imprisonment (29.8 vs. 49.4; p=0.003). Groups also differed in substance use disorders and criminal responsibility, but not in cognitive performance or social competence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings suggest that patients with PPS show specific functional impairments that result in particular diagnostic and therapeutic requirements within forensic addiction treatment under Section 64 StGB.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149183935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Christina Nowak, Alex Stern, Anna-Lena Esser, Oliver Razum
{"title":"[The significance of \"normality\" held by Autistic Individuals and Healthcare Professionals for health care: a qualitative analysis].","authors":"Anna Christina Nowak, Alex Stern, Anna-Lena Esser, Oliver Razum","doi":"10.1055/a-2955-5875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2955-5875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This qualitative study explores the role of \"conceptions of normality\" in the healthcare provision for autistic people. Fourteen individuals who identified themselves as autistic were interviewed using a problem-centered approach. The analysis was carried out inductively through thematic coding according to Flick. Our results show that healthcare provision is limited by internalized rules related to care-specific structural conditions, the violation of reciprocal role expectations, and the lack of recognition of otherness. The interview partners employ various strategies to conform to (anticipated) expectations of normality. This may result in care that does not adequately meet individual needs. The results show the role that (societal) assumptions of normality play in healthcare. Different patient groups can benefit from a design of healthcare that is characterized by an acceptance of diversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Borderline cases in psychiatry and obstetrics: Ethics consultation as a form of support in complex moral dilemmas].","authors":"Alfred Simon","doi":"10.1055/a-2953-8250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2953-8250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Summary: </strong>Ethics consultation in psychiatry helps to reflect on and resolve moral dilemmas, particularly where there is a conflict between patient autonomy and the professional duty of care. In the case of pregnant psychiatric patients, complex borderline situations often arise due to social instability, substance use disorders or mental health crises. Using two case studies - an ambivalent desire for a late-term termination of pregnancy and birth planning in the context of acute psychosis and the threat of compulsory admission - the text highlights the relevance of ethical case discussions. Ethics consultants play an important role in facilitating and mediating these discussions by promoting ethically sound and responsible decision-making through structured communication. In this way, ethics consultation can also help to reduce the moral distress experienced by healthcare professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149183994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Medical indication for abortion based on psychological distress - Gaps in professional expertise and healthcare provision: A qualitative interview study with physicians].","authors":"Esther Braun, Mirjam Faissner, Christin Hempeler","doi":"10.1055/a-2951-8412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2951-8412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>In Germany, abortion after 12 weeks is only permissible based on a medical indication. The study explores how physicians evaluate this indication in cases of psychological distress without foetal diagnoses.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>17 semi-structured interviews with physicians were conducted and analysed using qualitative content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants reported psychological distress due to unintended pregnancies in the context of mental illness, social difficulties, and sexualised violence. They described substantial legal and clinical uncertainties regarding the medical indication, as well as unclear responsibilities between gynaecology and psychiatry. Considerable access barriers were reported.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings suggest gaps in expertise and service provision for medical indications based on psychological distress. Closer collaboration between gynaecology and psychiatry, improved training and legal reforms appear necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-10-19DOI: 10.1055/a-2918-2711
Urs Hepp
{"title":"[Suicide Prevention - A Challenge for Research and Clinical Practice].","authors":"Urs Hepp","doi":"10.1055/a-2918-2711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2918-2711","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":"53 7","pages":"347-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149224569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-10-19DOI: 10.1055/a-2907-8052
Peter Henningsen
{"title":"Kommentare zum Artikel von Schomerus G et al. Welche Rolle spielt „die Psyche“? Long COVID und ME/CFS als Prüfsteine für eine evidenzbasierte und patient*innenorientierte Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Psychiat Praxis 2026;53:263-269.","authors":"Peter Henningsen","doi":"10.1055/a-2907-8052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2907-8052","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":"53 7","pages":"389-390"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149224777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-07-14DOI: 10.1055/a-2892-1260
Reinhard Maß, Kerstin Backhaus, Bodo Karsten Unkelbach
{"title":"[Are patients with depression pressured within the healthcare system to take antidepressant medication against their will?]","authors":"Reinhard Maß, Kerstin Backhaus, Bodo Karsten Unkelbach","doi":"10.1055/a-2892-1260","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2892-1260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Antidepressants (ADs) are being prescribed with increasing frequency, although their benefit is questionable. For several years, patients with depression have been successfully treated without ADs on the ward \"Aaron T. Beck.\" In this context, reports accumulated from patients stating that they had previously been pressured to take ADs against their will.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 146 inpatients with depression participated in a follow-up survey six months after discharge; 128 (87.7%) had been discharged without ADs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-four patients (37.0%) reported having experienced pressure to take an AD, mostly from physicians. In most cases, the AD was reportedly taken against the patient's own will. In particular, women and patients with difficulties in setting boundaries reported this experience more frequently.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with depression often experience pressure to take an AD against their will. The treatment of these patients therefore requires particular empathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"371-377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148448856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-07-14DOI: 10.1055/a-2898-5092
Felix S Hussenoeder, Ines Conrad, Anja Stoye, Steffi G Riedel-Heller
{"title":"[Part-time services in vocational rehabilitation: A qualitative study of needs, influencing factors, and challenges from experts' perspectives].","authors":"Felix S Hussenoeder, Ines Conrad, Anja Stoye, Steffi G Riedel-Heller","doi":"10.1055/a-2898-5092","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2898-5092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates the demand for, influencing factors of, ideal design, and key challenges of part-time measures (PTM) from the perspective of experts.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A guideline-based focus group with six experts from vocational rehabilitation was conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Experts reported a growing and heterogeneous demand for PTM. Influencing factors included reduced work capacity, mental health, family responsibilities, limited mobility, societal changes, and program duration. Hybrid models were considered potentially promising. Key challenges involved legal and professional frameworks, financial aspects, program duration, and organizational requirements.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PTM represent a meaningful complement to full-time programs. Sustainable implementation requires clear frameworks, independent concepts, and consideration of organizational and financial aspects.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"365-370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148448880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}