Short-Term Versus Long-Term Hospitalization in a Private Psychiatric Facility: A Follow-up Study
Abstract
A follow-up study was made of 43 short-term and 42 long-term ex-patients 18 months after their discharge from a private psychiatric hospital. The short-term sampie was different from the long-term sample on many preadmission and hospitalization variables, but it was much less different on the follow-up variables. Although most ex-patients in both samples were functioning well at follow-up, the long-term sample was doing somewhat better in all areas, according to both the f ormer patients and their nearest relatives. Differences between the improvement of those in the short-and long-term sample increased when tested by diagnosis; long-term schizophrenic patients improved the most.
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