Literature DB >> 2386857

Patients leaving hospital without the knowledge or permission of staff--absconding.

J Falkowski1, V Watts, W Falkowski, T Dean.   

Abstract

A series of 100 consecutive psychiatric in-patients who absconded from a psychiatric hospital a total of 231 times over ten months was studied. The reasons given for absconding, duration of absence, and mode of return are described. The legal status and ethnic origins of absconders differed significantly from those of the base hospital population.

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Year:  1990        PMID： 2386857     DOI： 10.1192/bjp.156.4.488

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Psychiatry        ISSN： 0007-1250            Impact factor:   9.319


  11 in total

1.  The Cost of Leaving the Emergency Department without Notice; a Cross-sectional Study.

Authors:  Sahar Mirbaha; Mohammadmehdi Forouzanfar; Mohammadmehdi Mohebi; Hamid Kariman
Journal:  Adv J Emerg Med       Date:  2018-01-02

2.  [Psychiatry with open doors. Part 1: Rational for an open door for acute psychiatry].

Authors:  D Sollberger; U E Lang
Journal:  Nervenarzt       Date:  2014-03       Impact factor: 1.214

3.  Time of the year and absconding from a psychiatric hospital in Trinidad.

Authors:  Akleema Ali; Hari D Maharajh
Journal:  Indian J Psychiatry       Date:  2003-01       Impact factor: 1.759

4.  Prevalence and Clinical and Coercion Characteristics of Patients who Abscond during Inpatient Care from Psychiatric Hospital.

Authors:  Guru S Gowda; Abel Thamby; Vinay Basavaraju; R Nataraja; Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar; Suresh Bada Math
Journal:  Indian J Psychol Med       Date:  2019 Mar-Apr

5.  Open doors by fair means: Study protocol for a 3-year prospective controlled study with a quasi-experimental design towards (or to implement) an open Ward policy in acute care units.

Authors:  Lisa K Schreiber; Florian G Metzger; Tobias A Duncker; Andreas J Fallgatter; Tilman Steinert
Journal:  BMC Psychiatry       Date:  2019-05-14       Impact factor: 3.630

6.  Absconding from a psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: Are we seeing a decrease since the implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act?

Authors:  Feroza Arbee; Ugasvaree Subramaney
Journal:  S Afr J Psychiatr       Date:  2019-12-04       Impact factor: 1.550

7.  Absconding During Inpatient Care from a Tertiary Psychiatric Hospital: A Comparative Study.

Authors:  Dileep Kumar Verma; Sourav Khanra; Nishant Goyal; Basudeb Das; Christoday Raja Jayant Khess; Sanjay Kumar Munda; Daya Ram
Journal:  Indian J Psychol Med       Date:  2020-07-20

8.  Escape and absconding among offenders with schizophrenia spectrum disorder - an explorative analysis of characteristics.

Authors:  Johannes Kirchebner; Steffen Lau; Martina Sonnweber
Journal:  BMC Psychiatry       Date:  2021-03-04       Impact factor: 3.630

9.  The reasons why patients abscond from public hospitals in southeastern Iran: a qualitative study.

Authors:  Mahnaz Moradpour; Mohammadreza Amiresmaili; Mahmood Nekoei-Moghadam; Tania Dehesh
Journal:  Arch Public Health       Date:  2021-06-18

10.  Characteristics and motivations of absconders from forensic mental health services: a case-control study.

Authors:  Treena Wilkie; Stephanie R Penney; Stephanie Fernane; Alexander I F Simpson
Journal:  BMC Psychiatry       Date:  2014-03-27       Impact factor: 3.630
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