Using the standard checklist to determine the reasons for discharge of psychiatric patients against psychiatrist's advice cannot correctly determine the main reasons for discharge due to the exceptional circumstances of patients when they wish to leave the hospital.
→What this article adds:Completing the standard checklist based on face-to-face interviews with patients who wish to be discharged from the psychiatric ward against their psychiatrist's advice helps to determine the main reasons for discharge more correctly. The resulting information can also help by providing the chance to change the patient's decision for discharge against medical advice.
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