Assessment Team Recommendations on the Continuation of Involuntary Commitment in Poland

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dc.abstract.enThis study explores explicit justifications for recommendations regarding patients' continuing detention in forensic psychiatric wards. We are interested in what arguments are used in recommendations for the continuing detention of involuntarily committed patients made by assessment teams for legal proceedings. Our frequency analysis shows that assessment teams refer predominantly to arguments related to the mental state of the detainee. When recommending a change of security level, the assessment teams frequently refer to behavioural factors. However, very rarely does such argumentation appear in recommendations for continuation of detention at the same security level. Additionally, our qualitative analysis shows a very high level of certainty with which pronouncements about patients' behaviour are made, typically in the absence of any social/institutional context. Our study shows that assessment teams tend to opt for safe decisions that are unlikely to be challenged by legal proceedings and that allow them full control over the patient.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.contributor.authorZiółkowska, Justyna
dc.contributor.authorGrzyb, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorDoliński, Dariusz
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-27T07:58:15Z
dc.date.available2024-06-27T07:58:15Z
dc.date.created2022
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical622-634
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume29
dc.identifier.issn1320-159X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/753
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2022/07/07/journal-of-law-and-medicine-update-vol-29-pt-2/
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rights.explanationCzasopismo w wersji papierowej
dc.rights.questionNo_rights
dc.subject.eninvoluntary commitment
dc.subject.enpsychiatric detention
dc.subject.enmentally disordered offenders
dc.subject.enmixed-methods study
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleAssessment Team Recommendations on the Continuation of Involuntary Commitment in Poland
dc.title.journalJournal of Law and Medicine
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle