Survey of Day Hospitals in the Czech Republic

Overview

A questionnaire survey (mapping) of day hospitals in the Czech Republic was performed withinthe framework in an international multi-centric study EDEN (European Day Hospital Evaluation)in collaboration with the Association of Day Hospitals and Crisis Centers. The survey was donesince January 2001 to May 2002. From the 35 dispatched questionnaire, 24 were answered.The following observations belong to the most important results: the most frequent functions ofday hospitals include: providing psychotherapy, social rehabilitation and supplementing outpatientcare. The psychoanalytical, social psychiatric and the case-oriented conduction model, respectively,were most frequent among the therapeutic models. A psychiatrist with psychotherapeuticquantification was leading the day hospital in the cases, a psychologist with psychotherapeuticqualification in seven cases, two day hospitals were headed by a clinical psychologist and a noneruditeclinical psychologist and another professional (social worker) was the head in the fiveremaining day hospitals. The most frequently used therapeutic method was group psychotherapy,followed by ergo-therapy, community and art therapy, respectively. On the basis of diagnoses inthe year 2000, most patients treated in day hospitals were suffering from an anxiotic disorder anddisorder in adaptation, followed by disorder in adaptation, patients suffering from mental disordersand behavior disorders induced by the effect of psychoactive compounds, followed by patientssuffering from schizophrenia or an schizoaffective compound, followed by patients sufferingfrom schizophrenia or an schizoaffective disorder.

Key words:
EDEN, daily hospital, complete hospitalization.