Need for education of psychiatric evaluation of offenders with mental disorders: A questionnaire survey for Japanese designated psychiatrists

Table 1 Comparison between designated psychiatrists with recent engagement of administrative involuntary hospitalization consultation and without experience in the experience of ways of learning administrative involuntary hospitalization consultation

		Engaged in AIH consultation in the latest year		P value
		Without	With
Attending seminars held by the government (except mandatory seminars for licensing)	Yes	8	27	NS
	No	118	366
Attending seminars held by universities, associations, hospitals, etc.	Yes	41	137	NS
	No	90	277
Taught by a supervisor, employer, or senior psychiatrists	Yes	107	365	NS
	No	26	55
Reading textbook, guidelines, academic papers	Yes	71	233	NS
	No	57	180
Visiting an AIH consultation of a senior psychiatrist	Yes	84	303	0.037
	No	49	114
Asking for advice from a senior psychiatrist exhibiting the patient’s information prior to conducting the consultation	Yes	42	223	< 0.001
	No	86	189
Consulting with the other designated psychiatrist in AIH consultation	Yes	57	193	NS
	No	75	216
Asking for comments from a senior psychiatrist exhibiting them your report post AIH consultation	Yes	28	140	0.006
	No	102	268
Attending a clinical conference with your case post AIH consultation	Yes	18	70	NS
	No	113	338
Learning through medical treatment of a case subjected to AIH	Yes	112	341	NS
	No	23	75

χ² test. AIH: Administrative involuntary hospitalization; NS: Not statistically significant.