Sarah Jenderny, Sylvia Claus, Peter Falkai, Andreas Heinz, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Oliver Pogarell, Bettina Wilms, Ingmar Steinhart
{"title":"[Discharged, but where to? The Current Situation of Long Stay Patients in German Psychiatric Clinics].","authors":"Sarah Jenderny, Sylvia Claus, Peter Falkai, Andreas Heinz, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Oliver Pogarell, Bettina Wilms, Ingmar Steinhart","doi":"10.1055/a-2307-5236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2307-5236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study analyses the number, characteristics and reasons for a length of stay of patients in German psychiatric clinics in excess of 6 months.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was implemented in the form of a nationwide online survey, which was addressed to chief physicians of psychiatric clinics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the sample, 174 patients in 80 psychiatric clinics were identified who could not be discharged because no suitable follow-up services were available in the region. The majority of patients are male, often have an F2 diagnosis and exhibit aggressive behaviour during their hospital stay.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To avoid inappropriate health care and prevent prolonged stays for a subgroup of mentally ill people, individual complex services should be implemented in community psychiatry.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140945739","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}
Felix Wülfing, Gabriele Schmidt-Wolf, Peter Cremer-Schaeffer, Kathlen Priebe, Nikola Schoofs
{"title":"[Cannabinoid Drugs in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders - Data from the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices].","authors":"Felix Wülfing, Gabriele Schmidt-Wolf, Peter Cremer-Schaeffer, Kathlen Priebe, Nikola Schoofs","doi":"10.1055/a-2296-1358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2296-1358","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since 2017 physicians in Germany can prescribe cannabis based medicines or medical cannabis with subsequent funding by the statutory health insurance system.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Physicians prescribing cannabinoid drugs were legally required to take part in a survey conducted by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. This study analyses data from 16.809 case reports that were collected from 30.3.2017 to 31.12.2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 5582 cases documenting the use of cannabinoid drugs in psychiatric disorders. More than half of the prescriptions were Dronabinol. 80% of the treatments concerned somatoform disorders. Most of the treatments for other psychiatric disorders also targeted pain. Doctors reported a positive effect on symptoms in at least 75% of the cases.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Most patients with psychiatric disorders received cannabinoid drugs for pain. The evidence from randomized controlled clinical trials for the use of cannabinoid drugs in psychiatric indications is weak.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140945737","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":"[Regional Comprehensive Care for People with Mental Disorders - An Opportunity for Transparency and Innovative Evaluation].","authors":"Stefan Priebe, Peter Brieger","doi":"10.1055/a-2299-1800","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2299-1800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Against the background of the discussion about a comprehensive regional mental health care service, the essay discusses the possibility of a comprehensive, transparent and meaningful evaluation. Proposals for how structures, processes, and outcomes may be assessed are presented. We argue for collecting data that are transparent and actionable on all levels of care organisations. The suggested evaluation would be innovative, meaningful for individual patients, services, health care organisations and whole regions, and thus a way for a data-driven ongoing quality improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140945743","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 : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1055/a-2230-3163
Sarah Koens, Jens Klein, Martin Härter, Annette Strauß, Martin Scherer, Ingo Schäfer, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
{"title":"[Intended utilization of health care services in cases of mental illnesses with varying urgency].","authors":"Sarah Koens, Jens Klein, Martin Härter, Annette Strauß, Martin Scherer, Ingo Schäfer, Olaf von dem Knesebeck","doi":"10.1055/a-2230-3163","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2230-3163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate variations in intended utilization in cases of an acute psychotic episode, an alcohol related or depressive disorder depending on different case characteristics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A telephone survey with case vignettes was conducted (N=1,200). Vignettes varied in terms of urgency of symptoms, daytime, sex of the afflicted person and age/mental disorder. The respondents were asked to indicate whom they would contact first in the described case.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Outpatient physicians were named most frequently as the first point of contact (61.1%) while only 6.5% of the respondents named emergency medicine including the medical on call service (8.1% in high urgency cases, i. e. emergencies that did not tolerate any delay). Intended utilization varied by urgency and age/mental illness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>More Information about the need to seek medical help immediately in cases of mental illnesses with high urgency should be provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139741830","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 : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1055/a-2266-6881
Martin Driessen
{"title":"[Outpatientization of Hospital Psychiatry - The Time has Come].","authors":"Martin Driessen","doi":"10.1055/a-2266-6881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2266-6881","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140892233","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}