Air Pollution and Symptom Severity in Hospitalized Subjects with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

Air pollution has been demonstrated to represent a major threat to mental health, leading to higher risk of development or exacerbation of serious psychiatric disorders. The current study was aimed at investigating the associations between air pollutant concentrations (particulate matter 2.5 and 10, ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide) and symptom severity in a sample of inpatients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Duration of Involuntary Treatment in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: the experience of Umbria, Central Italy.

Objectives: The present retrospective study was aimed at analyzing the socio-demographic and clinical correlates of the duration of involuntary treatment (IT) in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit in central Italy.

Subjects And Methods: We reviewed clinical charts of subjects admitted following IT, extracting sociodemographic and clinical information. We used the duration of the IT as a "proxy" for the early cessation of the conditions that determined the need for involuntary commitment.