Publications by authors named "Jakob Polakiewicz"
Objectives: To explore the proportion of defendants hospitalized by court observation order (COO) who were diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder during: 1) the COO period, or 2) a 10-year follow-up period.
Methods: Data on all adult defendants, who underwent psychiatric hospitalization by COO between 1991 and 1995, were extracted from the National Psychiatric Case Registry of the Israel Ministry of Health, and rehospitalizations over the next ten years were identified. ANO VA and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used for comparing the diagnosed and undiagnosed defendant cohorts.