[Predicting length of stay in Italian Psychiatric Forensic Hospitals: a survival analysis].

Unlabelled: Admission to an Italian Forensic Hospital (OPG) results in formal exit from psychiatric care provided by NHS community based psychiatric services. The length of stay in such facilities is often perceived as a factor negatively affecting the opportunity for reintegration in the community.

Method: Factors predicting length of stay in OPG were investigated by means of a survival analysis carried out on a cohort of 118 inmates of three OPGs (Castiglione delle Stiviere, Reggio Emilia and Montelupo Fiorentino), who represent the whole forensic population from 3 different geographical areas at 30.