Overview

• The DGPPN calls for more frequent involuntary psychiatric confinement of individuals deemed to have a high risk of violence due to conditions like schizophrenia, psychosis or substance addiction.
• It recommends conditional releases linked to mandatory medication and abstinence requirements that can trigger rapid readmission if violated.
• The association stresses that most people with mental illnesses are nonviolent and rejects proposals for registries or expanded data sharing as counterproductive to treatment trust.
• The paper highlights critical shortfalls in outpatient, social and integration services that leave severely ill patients without continuous support.
• Released after fatal knife attacks in Aschaffenburg and Hamburg, the position paper has won backing from major clinical and advocacy groups.