Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Volume 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 37-44

Late repatriates, migrants, and locals in forensic psychiatric hospitals according to section 63 of the German legal code: Differences and similarities [Spätaussiedler, Migranten, Deutsche ohne Migrationshintergrund im Maßregelvollzug (§ 63 StGB) Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten] (Article)

Bulla J. , Baumann A. , Querengässer J. , Hoffmann K. , Ross T.
  • a Zentrum für Psychiatrie Reichenau, Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Feursteinstr. 55, Reichenau, 78479, Germany
  • b Zentrum für Psychiatrie Reichenau, Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Feursteinstr. 55, Reichenau, 78479, Germany
  • c Zentrum für Psychiatrie Reichenau, Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Feursteinstr. 55, Reichenau, 78479, Germany
  • d Zentrum für Psychiatrie Reichenau, Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Feursteinstr. 55, Reichenau, 78479, Germany
  • e Zentrum für Psychiatrie Reichenau, Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Feursteinstr. 55, Reichenau, 78479, Germany

Abstract

In Germany, late repatriates have a special legal status. In this study, we investigated whether there are empirical reasons to uphold the differentiation between Germans without migration background, late repatriates and other migrants. N = 1353 patients under unlimited detention order (section 63 of the German legal code) were investigated for diagnoses, main offences and forensic, psychiatric and psychosocial background. Late repatriates share similarities with both comparison groups at hand. From a clinical point of view, they should be treated as a heterogeneous group of patients with treatment needs that must flexibly be adjusted to their special (transcultural) treatment needs, i. e. language skills and their dominant cultural background. © 2016 Hogrefe.

Author Keywords

Transcultural psychiatry Forensic psychiatry Migrants Late repatriates

Index Keywords

detention German (citizen) major clinical study skill hospital language diagnosis human migrant differentiation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84960446246&doi=10.1024%2f1661-4747%2fa000258&partnerID=40&md5=4b190517e8548b0836246e85d50435f0
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000258
ISSN: 16614747
Cited by: 4
Original Language: German