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S610

24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805

Objective and conclusion

This presentation will provide an

overview of global mental health legislation, describe some practi-

cal examples where progress are being made and proposition some

new progressive options where legislation can interact with policy

and clinical practice to provide humane care.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1797

EV813

The Portuguese mental health law –

The criteria for compulsory

internment

H. Prata-Ribeiro

Coimbra, Portugal

The Portuguese Mental Health Law is complex, aiming to ensure

patients liberties and basic civil rights are respected. A specific part

of this lawregards the compulsory internment and its criteria, being

as protective as possible, in order to prevent wrongful internments

for people against their will.

The aim of this study is to analyze the mechanisms available to

ensure liberty, in a law apparently about coercion.

The methods used consisted in analyzing the law and interpreting

its most important details, mentioning them so they can be read

and used as examples.

It can be concluded that the Portuguese law has a very strict list

of mandatory criteria for the possibility of the compulsory intern-

ment, as a way of ensuring no people suffer it wrongfully. The most

important being that no person can be interned compulsory if not

considered to suffer from a severe mental disease, not being that

enough and having to at least present risk for themselves or others,

or to juridical goods of high value. Thus, revaluation of the patient

is mandatory only five days after the internment by two differ-

ent doctors, being the same process assured from then on every

two months. Only possible flaw lays on the fact that there is no

maximum amount of time predicted for internment, being that

always dependent of the revaluations made. Although, the law is

considered to be good and prevent abusive use of the compulsory

internments.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1798

EV814

Preliminary evaluation of the Italian

version of the INSPIRE measure of

staff support for personal recovery

N. Ratti

1 ,

, B. Mattioli

1

, L. Mellini

1

, I. Negri

2

, A. Mastrocola

1

1

AUSL Romagna, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, DSMDP, Ravenna,

Italy

2

Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Bologna, Italy

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Supporting personal recovery has become the main

aim for mental health services in many countries nowadays. In

particular, the relationship between individual service users and

staff members can be the key issue in supporting recovery and

this requires specific measures in order to identify and evaluate

the orientation of services in this process of change. INSPIRE is a

standardized questionnaire developed by King’s College, London

that represents a service user-rated measure of staff support for

personal recovery in the UK.

Objective

Although there is a number of instruments aimed at

monitoring recovery in the clinical and functional features, there is

still lack ofmeasures for personal recovery and recovery orientation

of services in the Italian background.

Aims

The aim of this study is to evaluate the psychometric prop-

erties of the Italian version of INSPIRE as it is applied in the Italian

mental health services.

Methods

Two rounds of data were collected from a sample of 79

inpatients and outpatients of rehabilitation centers and consultant

service of the municipality of Ravenna. Analysis was undertaken

using SPSS. The main issues investigated were internal consistency,

test-retest reliability and exploratory factor analysis.

Results

The results in the present studies indicate that the Italian

version of the INSPIRE measure had a very good internal consis-

tency and a satisfactory test-retest reliability.

Conclusions

While further studies testing the instrument in

larger andmore diverse clinical contexts are needed, INSPIRE can be

considered a relevant and feasible instrument to use in supporting

the development of a recovery-oriented system in Italy.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1799

Migration and mental health of immigrants

EV815

Anxiety and depression in European

immigrants in Africa: Spaniards in

South Africa

L. Aguado

1 , 2 ,

, A. Porras

1

, P. Calvo

1

, A. Tomita

2

, J. Burns

2

,

J.E. Mu˜noz-Negro

1

1

San Cecilio University Hospital, Mental Health Unit, Granada, Spain

2

University of kwazulu-Natal, Psychiatry, Durban, South Africa

Corresponding author.

Introduction

It is easy to find texts, in scientific literature, study-

ing the adaptation of immigrants from developing countries in

western countries. However, in these globalization times that we

are living, few are the studies performed on members from devel-

oped countries emigrating to the third world.

Objectives/Aims

To evaluate the factors predisposing to the onset

of anxiety or depression symptoms in Spanish immigrants living in

South Africa.

Methods

This is an exploratory study with a sample of 51 Spanish

residents in South Africa between 24 and 57 years (44% male, 56%

female), 44% of whichwere living there for more than two years. An

online survey was administered, collecting data related to reasons

and conditions for theirmoving to the country and traumatic events

living during the stay. For the screening of depression and anxiety

symptoms Hopkins SymptomScale (HSCL-25) was used. Finally, we

carried about several analysis using Chi

2

test. For statistical analysis

SPSS was utilized.

Results

Thirty percent of the sample showed positive scores on

anxiety symptoms scale, and 24% scored positive for depression.

Job related items as being unemployed (

P

< 0.001) was associated

to symptoms of depression. Insecurity/violence (

P

< 0.021) and race

discrimination (

P

< 0.009) were the main factors related to anxiety

symptoms.

Conclusions

Factor related to employment, security and discrim-

ination, has been significantly associated to the onset of anxiety and

depression symptoms. Other factors related to the moving to the

country or social relationships have shown no relations. More stud-

ies are needed to provide information about adaptation and factors

related to mental health in Occidental immigrants in developing

countries.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1800