RT Article
T1 Analysis of the impact of legal circumstances on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hospitalizations in Portugal: a nationwide study
JF The journal of forensic psychiatry & psychology
VO 35
IS 5
SP 685
OP 700
A1 Gonçalves-Pinho, Manuel
A1 Machado, Ana Flávia
A1 Queirós, Marta
A1 Ribeiro, João Pedro
A1 Martins, Pedro
A1 Fernandes, Lia
A1 Freitas, Alberto
A2 Machado, Ana Flávia
A2 Queirós, Marta
A2 Ribeiro, João Pedro
A2 Martins, Pedro
A2 Fernandes, Lia
A2 Freitas, Alberto
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1903698340
AB The main goal of this project was to evaluate the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients hospitalized with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and the register of legal circumstances. A descriptive study was conducted using a nationwide hospitalization administrative database that contains all admissions registered in public hospitals across mainland Portugal. All discharges between 2008 and 2015 with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder were selected. Legal problems (LP) at the moment of hospitalization were identified based on the presence of a secondary diagnosis of the ICD-9-CM code V62.5 ‘Legal circumstances: Imprisonment; Legal investigation; Litigation; or Prosecution’. A total of 25,835 and 20,807 hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were analysed, respectively. Approximately 11.8% (n = 3,005) of schizophrenia hospitalizations and 6.0% (n = 1250) of bipolar disorder hospitalizations were associated with registered legal circumstances. Legal circumstances were associated with younger patients, male sex, and a longer length of stay. One in four episodes linked to LP was associated with drug abuse and/or dependence.
K1 secondary data
K1 Hospitalization
K1 Bipolar disorder
K1 Schizophrenia
K1 Forensic psychiatry
K1 Psychiatry
DO 10.1080/14789949.2024.2371133