Admissions to psychiatric inpatient treatment over a 10 year period (Summary: The admissions of patients living in Linz, Upper Austria, to psychiatric inpatient treatment were assessed over a period of 10 years (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). Admission numbers rose by 15 %, yet already in 2000 the degree of utilization of beds was 99 %. Therefore it was necessary to treat patients seeking admission as outpatients, increasing their numbers from 216 in the year 2001 to 1506 in the year 2009. The number of patients admitted for the first time increased marginally. Concerning diagnoses a huge increase of patients with affective disorders (F3: +136 %) was found, which was mainly due to patients with depressive disorders whilst manic episodes even marginally decreased. No change was found in the diagnostic categories F2 and F4-F6. The number of patients with substancerelated disorders decreased markedly (-23 %). Over the whole period the proportion of males decreased from 54.8 % in 2000 to 47.4 % in 2009. The increase of admissions of patients with affective disorders corresponds with a decrease of admissions to other, non-psychiatric hospitals in Linz.
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