Clinical and social characteristics of schizophrenic patients with aggressive social dangerous behaviour, involuntary hospitalized to the psychiatric inpatient facility in the Republic of Bulgaria
The article represents the results of research of 180 schizophrenic patients with aggressive social dangerous behaviour (SDB), involuntary hospitalized to the psychiatric inpatient facility in the Republic of Bulgaria (RB), and also 110 patients with schizophrenia hospitalized on common base. At patients with SDB there is ascertained more serious level of psychopathological disorders and lower parameters of social adaptation. On the basis of research of patients with SDB among various population groups, with various complexes of clinical-psychological factors and variants of social adaptation the basic directions of optimization of treatment and medical rehabilitation measures are defined. The conclusion about necessity of modification of the current legislation in the RB regarding enhancement of indications for involuntary hospitalization in psychiatric inpatient facility and simplification of its procedure is drawn.