Table 2 Expectations of doctors who referred patients to involuntary admission
Examining and treating | Giving care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment with neuroleptics | Implement extensive changes in treatment and follow-up | Resolve an unclear diagnosis | Take care of the patient | Simply solve an acute situation | |
Gender | |||||
Men | 26 (28 %) | 13 (14 %) | 10 (11 %) | 24 (26 %) | 19 (21 %) |
Women | 17 (30 %) | 15 (27 %) | 7 (13 %) | 10 (18 %) | 7 (13 %) |
Work place | |||||
Out-of-hours clinic | 19 (25 %) | 11 (14 %) | 11 (14 %) | 18 (23 %) | 18 (23 %) |
Other | 25 (34 %) | 18 (25 %) | 6 (8 %) | 16 (22 %) | 8 (11 %) |
Patient’s family doctor | |||||
Yes | 15 (37 %) | 10 (24 %) | 1 (2 %) | 9 (22 %) | 6 (15 %) |
No | 28 (26 %) | 18 (17 %) | 16 (15 %) | 25 (23 %) | 20 (19 %) |
Prior knowledge of patient | |||||
Yes | 30 (34 %) | 21 (24 %) | 6 (7 %) | 18 (20 %) | 13 (15 %) |
No | 13 (22 %) | 7 (12 %) | 11 (18 %) | 16 (27 %) | 13 (22 %) |
Work experience | |||||
<5 years | 21 (28 %) | 10 (13 %) | 11 (14 %) | 20 (26 %) | 14 (18 %) |
5–10 years | 8 (35 %) | 5 (22 %) | 1 (4 %) | 5 (22 %) | 4 (17 %) |
>10 years | 14 (29 %) | 13 (27 %) | 5 (10 %) | 9 (18 %) | 8 (16 %) |
Totala | 43 (58 %) | 28 (37 %) | 17 (22 %) | 34 (45 %) | 26 (35 %) |