1997 issue 4

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Volume 6, issue 4

Sprawy organizacyjne

Major problems of the Mental Health Act implementation

Stanisław Dąbrowski1, WŁODZIMIERZ BRODNIAK2, Stefan Welbel2
1. Zakładu Organizacji Ochrony Zdrowia
2. Zakładu Psychiatrii Społecznej Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, 483-488
Keywords: Mental Health Act, results of monitoring

Abstract

Main findings are presented of a research into implementation of the Mental Health Act regulations. Using an ABC questionnaire a survey was carried out in the majority of inpatient psychiatric facilities in Poland, while a more detailed research was conducted in 11 selected facilities. The latter part of the study included an analysis of medical records, data obtained from directors of hospital departments, as well as patients' opinions. (ed.)

Address for correspondence:
Prof Stanisław Dąbrowski,
Zakład Organizacji
Ochrony Zdrowia IPiN,
al. Sobieskiego 1/9,
02-957 Warszawa