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Of the 7,197 admissions for children and young people in 2018, 164 were involuntary admissions (2.28%). This legal measure is increasingly applied in the Walloon Region, but shows a decreasing trend in the Brussels Capital Region and the Flemish Region.

Evolution of the number of involuntary admissions
in psychiatric services for children and young people
per region in PH and PDGH