PubMed · 9323741
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J L Geller. 1997. We still count beds.. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.10.1233
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The study covered 163 patients sentenced to special measures. All of them were from the county of Funen, which is a representative part of Denmark regarding forensic psychiatry. On the cross-sectional date 31st December each year the total number of patients treated in the unit was the recorded. The number of patients sectioned to psychiatric treatment in hospital increased by 150% during the observation period. The recorded rise covered both offenders sentenced according to the section 16 and section 69 of the Danish penal code and reflected an increasing number of schizophrenic patients and to lesser-extent patients with personality disorder. The increasing number of beds occupied by forensic patients was in accordance with the development in the total number of patients treated in the unit.
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