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Knocking on Heavens Door

Paper discusses the revolving door syndrome in psychiatric patient, the phenomenon of returning to the hospital during disease relapse, and a continuum of participation in the use of different systems of Social. The term "revolving door" ("revolving door") describes a subpopulation of chronic mental patients with frequent hospitalization. Review of the literature shows that the risk is higher amongst single males, younger age, suffering from psychotic disorders, with a poor social support network, as well as those who are more prone to social isolation. The patient (34) to be shown, through his growing up, was (and still is) user of different systems ; starting from pre-school through educational, social welfare system, family legal protection, the health and pension systems. The work is theoretically based on the concept of developmental psychopathology, following the patient from the stage of a child at risk, through adolescent with behavioral problems, to adult with schizophrenia. The patient comes for the 10th time on treatment in the University Psychiatric hospital Vrapče, or is in regular outpatient treatment. He also has parents who are diagnosed with some kind of mental health disease. The paper will present phase above syndromes and will reflect on the possibility of preventing the prevalence of relapse.

revolving door syndrome, schizophrenia, developmental psychopathology

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