Outcome at discharge for patients in an ongoing follow-up study of hospital treatment |
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Authors: | L Coyne M J Smith C D Deering C Grame D E Langworthy T E Rooks M W Taylor H E Spohn |
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Affiliation: | Menninger Foundation, Topeka, KS 66601. |
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Abstract: | Methodological and practical difficulties have limited the growth of knowledge about outcome of psychiatric hospital treatment. The authors report on outcome at hospital discharge for 103 long-term and 93 short-term patients treated at the C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, part of an ongoing follow-up study of hospital treatment. Discharge outcome is based mainly on ratings of symptoms, global functioning, and therapeutic alliance as well as on patients' reports of satisfaction. At discharge both long- and short-term patients were found to have low levels of symptoms (based on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale) and a relatively adequate level of functioning (in the 51-to-60 range on the Global Assessment Scale) and to have been highly satisfied with treatment. |
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