Local Geographical Distribution of Acute Involuntary Psychiatric Admissions in Subdistricts In and Around Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Background: Acute involuntary psychiatric admissions (AIPA) tend to be applied more often in urban areas.

Objective: The current study aims to describe AIPA prevalence differences between the subdistricts in an urban area, and to identify which district characteristics are associated with a higher AIPA district density.

Methods: Information was collected on consecutive AIPAs over a 64-month period (2005-2010) in 49 subdistricts in and around the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands, including 1098 AIPAs.