Florian Hotzy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4618744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florian Hotzy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florian |
| FAMILY NAME | Hotzy |
| SIGNATURE | HOTZY F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University Hospital of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0661-9608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Analysing risk factors for involuntary admission from an intersectional perspective: A latent class analysis
BACKGROUND: Involuntary admission (IA) is a contentious practice in mental healthcare, justified only to prevent harm to self or others. Previous studies have identified individual sociodemographic characteristics as risk factors for IA. Intersectional theories argue that such approaches overlook the complexities of social identities and related health inequalities. Intersectionality stresses the interconnected nature of social identities, such a…
Including the spiritual dimension in the treatment of patients with affective disorders: Validation of the spiritual distress and resources questionnaire (SDRQ)
The results of this study suggest that the SDRQ is a reliable, valid and user-friendly screening tool for assessing spiritual distress, spiritual resources and spiritual coping in patients with affective disorders. The use of the SDRQ may be useful to adequately address and integrate spiritual aspects in a multimodal care approach
Persisting unhealthy eating behaviors and the role of dieting in outpatients treated for severe mental illness: Findings from a longitudinal study
Background: Individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at higher risk of being overweight and obese. In addition to medication side effects, poor dietary habits are considered as modifiable factors. However, individuals with SMI face a variety of barriers to healthy eating, and it is still unclear which dietary strategies are best. Aims: The current study aimed to examine the course of dietary habits in dieting and non-dieting patien…
Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
BACKGROUND: Involuntary admissions (IA) to psychiatric hospitals are controversial because they interfere with people's autonomy. In some situations, however, they appear to be unavoidable. Interestingly, not all patients perceive the same degree of coercion during IA. The aim of this study was to assess whether the level of knowledge about one's own IA is associated with perceived coercion. METHODS: This multicenter observational study was condu…
Knowledge and attitude towards home treatment among referring healthcare professionals and self-referring patients to a psychiatric hospital: Better information is needed
BACKGROUND: Home treatment (HT) is a patient-centred and cost-effective alternative to acute psychiatric inpatient care. However, the progress of its implementation and utilisation in routine care is slow. AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and attitude towards HT among healthcare professionals. METHOD: This observational study included telephone-based semi-structured interviews of 140 referring healthcare professionals incl…
Nutritional Needs in Mental Healthcare: Study Protocol of a Prospective Analytic Observational Study Assessing Nutritional Status, Eating Behavior and Barriers to Healthy Eating in Psychiatric Inpatie…
The described study will identify nutritional needs and possible barriers to healthy eating in patients with mental disorders. The results will help to define recommendations for nutritional risk screening in psychiatric patients and for planning effective nutritional interventions
Assessment of Nutritional Status and Risk of Malnutrition Using Adapted Standard Tools in Patients with Mental Illness and in Need of Intensive Psychiatric Treatment
People with severe mental illness (SMI) are often in poor physical health, resulting in higher mortality and reduced life expectancy compared to the general population. Although eating habits are one of the main predictors of physical health, few studies assess the nutritional status and eating behavior of people with SMI. The aim of this study was to examine the nutritional status and risk of malnutrition in people with SMI who were in need of i…
Psychiatric advance directives in Switzerland: Knowledge and attitudes in patients compared to professionals and usage in clinical practice
Involuntary admission of psychiatric patients: Referring physicians’ perceptions of competence
BACKGROUND: Involuntary admissions can be detrimental for patients. Due to legal, ethical and clinical considerations, they are also challenging for referring physicians. Nevertheless, not much is known about the subjective perceptions of those who have to decide whether to conduct an involuntary admission or not. AIMS: This study aimed at answering the question whether psychiatrists' perceptions of confidence during psychiatric emergency situati…
Characteristics of Psychiatric Emergency Situations and the Decision-Making Process Leading to Involuntary Admission
Introduction: Involuntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals, regardless of their beneficial effects, violate the patients' autonomy. To keep such measures at a minimum and develop less restricting and coercive alternatives, a better understanding of the psychiatric emergency situations which end up in involuntary admissions is needed. This descriptive and exploratory study investigates the consultations leading to involuntary admission and the …
Comparing Attitudes to Containment Measures of Patients, Health Care Professionals and Next of Kin
Background: In clinical psychiatric practice, health care professionals (HCP) must decide in exceptional circumstances after the weighing of interests, which, if any, containment measures including coercion are to be used. Here, the risk for patients, staff, and third parties, in addition to therapeutic considerations, factor into the decision. Patients' preference and the inclusion of relatives in these decisions are important; therefore, an und…
Machine Learning: An Approach in Identifying Risk Factors for Coercion Compared to Binary Logistic Regression
Introduction: Although knowledge about negative effects of coercive measures in psychiatry exists, its prevalence is still high in clinical routine. This study aimed at define risk factors and test machine learning algorithms for their accuracy in the prediction of the risk to being subjected to coercive measures. Methods: In a sample of involuntarily hospitalized patients ( n = 393) at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, we analyzed ri…
Cross-Cultural Notions of Risk and Liberty: A Comparison of Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization and Outpatient Treatment in New York, United States and Zurich, Switzerland
Involuntary hospitalization is a frequently discussed intervention physicians must sometimes execute. Because this intervention has serious implications for the citizens' civil liberties it is regulated by law. Every country's health system approaches this issue differently with regard to the relevant laws and the logistical processes by which involuntary hospitalization generally is enacted. This paper aims at analyzing the regulation and proces…
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Comparing Attitudes to Containment Measures of Patients, Health Care Professionals and Next of Kin
Background: In clinical psychiatric practice, health care professionals (HCP) must decide in exceptional circumstances after the weighing of interests, which, if any, containment measures including coercion are to be used. Here, the risk for patients, staff, and third parties, in addition to therapeutic considerations, factor into the decision. Patients' preference and the inclusion of relatives in these decisions are important; therefore, an und…
Machine Learning: An Approach in Identifying Risk Factors for Coercion Compared to Binary Logistic Regression
Introduction: Although knowledge about negative effects of coercive measures in psychiatry exists, its prevalence is still high in clinical routine. This study aimed at define risk factors and test machine learning algorithms for their accuracy in the prediction of the risk to being subjected to coercive measures. Methods: In a sample of involuntarily hospitalized patients ( n = 393) at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, we analyzed ri…
Cross-Cultural Notions of Risk and Liberty: A Comparison of Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization and Outpatient Treatment in New York, United States and Zurich, Switzerland
Involuntary hospitalization is a frequently discussed intervention physicians must sometimes execute. Because this intervention has serious implications for the citizens' civil liberties it is regulated by law. Every country's health system approaches this issue differently with regard to the relevant laws and the logistical processes by which involuntary hospitalization generally is enacted. This paper aims at analyzing the regulation and proces…
Involuntary admission of psychiatric patients: Referring physicians’ perceptions of competence
BACKGROUND: Involuntary admissions can be detrimental for patients. Due to legal, ethical and clinical considerations, they are also challenging for referring physicians. Nevertheless, not much is known about the subjective perceptions of those who have to decide whether to conduct an involuntary admission or not. AIMS: This study aimed at answering the question whether psychiatrists' perceptions of confidence during psychiatric emergency situati…
Characteristics of Psychiatric Emergency Situations and the Decision-Making Process Leading to Involuntary Admission
Introduction: Involuntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals, regardless of their beneficial effects, violate the patients' autonomy. To keep such measures at a minimum and develop less restricting and coercive alternatives, a better understanding of the psychiatric emergency situations which end up in involuntary admissions is needed. This descriptive and exploratory study investigates the consultations leading to involuntary admission and the …
Psychiatric advance directives in Switzerland: Knowledge and attitudes in patients compared to professionals and usage in clinical practice
Knowledge and attitude towards home treatment among referring healthcare professionals and self-referring patients to a psychiatric hospital: Better information is needed
BACKGROUND: Home treatment (HT) is a patient-centred and cost-effective alternative to acute psychiatric inpatient care. However, the progress of its implementation and utilisation in routine care is slow. AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and attitude towards HT among healthcare professionals. METHOD: This observational study included telephone-based semi-structured interviews of 140 referring healthcare professionals incl…
Nutritional Needs in Mental Healthcare: Study Protocol of a Prospective Analytic Observational Study Assessing Nutritional Status, Eating Behavior and Barriers to Healthy Eating in Psychiatric Inpatie…
The described study will identify nutritional needs and possible barriers to healthy eating in patients with mental disorders. The results will help to define recommendations for nutritional risk screening in psychiatric patients and for planning effective nutritional interventions
Assessment of Nutritional Status and Risk of Malnutrition Using Adapted Standard Tools in Patients with Mental Illness and in Need of Intensive Psychiatric Treatment
People with severe mental illness (SMI) are often in poor physical health, resulting in higher mortality and reduced life expectancy compared to the general population. Although eating habits are one of the main predictors of physical health, few studies assess the nutritional status and eating behavior of people with SMI. The aim of this study was to examine the nutritional status and risk of malnutrition in people with SMI who were in need of i…
Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
BACKGROUND: Involuntary admissions (IA) to psychiatric hospitals are controversial because they interfere with people's autonomy. In some situations, however, they appear to be unavoidable. Interestingly, not all patients perceive the same degree of coercion during IA. The aim of this study was to assess whether the level of knowledge about one's own IA is associated with perceived coercion. METHODS: This multicenter observational study was condu…
Persisting unhealthy eating behaviors and the role of dieting in outpatients treated for severe mental illness: Findings from a longitudinal study
Background: Individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at higher risk of being overweight and obese. In addition to medication side effects, poor dietary habits are considered as modifiable factors. However, individuals with SMI face a variety of barriers to healthy eating, and it is still unclear which dietary strategies are best. Aims: The current study aimed to examine the course of dietary habits in dieting and non-dieting patien…
Including the spiritual dimension in the treatment of patients with affective disorders: Validation of the spiritual distress and resources questionnaire (SDRQ)
The results of this study suggest that the SDRQ is a reliable, valid and user-friendly screening tool for assessing spiritual distress, spiritual resources and spiritual coping in patients with affective disorders. The use of the SDRQ may be useful to adequately address and integrate spiritual aspects in a multimodal care approach
Analysing risk factors for involuntary admission from an intersectional perspective: A latent class analysis
BACKGROUND: Involuntary admission (IA) is a contentious practice in mental healthcare, justified only to prevent harm to self or others. Previous studies have identified individual sociodemographic characteristics as risk factors for IA. Intersectional theories argue that such approaches overlook the complexities of social identities and related health inequalities. Intersectionality stresses the interconnected nature of social identities, such a…
Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (8 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Observational study (4 works) · Autonomy (3 works) · Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (3 works)