A follow-up study of chronic mental hospital patients 1959?1969

1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. Burvill ◽  
M. Mittelman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Hospital Patients

Orientation and Job Success of Mental Hospital Patients

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Distefano ◽  
Margaret W. Pryer ◽  
David P. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Job Placement ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Job Success ◽  
Hospital Patients

A follow-up study of 43 mental hospital patients in a Vocational Rehabilitation program indicated a significant relationship between successful job placement and orientation toward work. Successfully placed patients were higher in Task-Orientation and lower in Self-Orientation than unsuccessful placements.

scholarly journals A Follow-up Study of Comparable Mental and General Hospital Patients

1964 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin M. Smith ◽  
D. G. Mckerracher ◽  
Maurice Demay
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Hospital Patients

Hospital Work and Family: A Four Year Study of Young Mental Hospital Patients

1966 ◽  
Vol 112 (483) ◽  
pp. 177-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Hospital Work ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Hospital Patients

While a study of schizophrenia and social class (Goldberg and Morrison, 1963) was in progress, it became obvious that some problems of hospital and community care among young male mental hospital patients should be pursued. Accordingly, it was decided to extend the project to a systematic follow up of the patients admitted to one of the two hospitals included in the study. This paper reports the findings in two parts; Part I relates length of stay in hospital to the severity of a patient's illness and to his circumstances before and after leaving hospital; Part II relates the patient's post-hospital work performance to certain other factors.

Schizophrenic Patients Discharged from Hospital—A Follow-up Study

1984 ◽  
Vol 145 (6) ◽  
pp. 586-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve C. Johnstone ◽  
David G. C. Owens ◽  
Aviva Gold ◽  
Timothy J. Crow ◽  
J. Fiona Macmillan
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Psychotic Features

SummaryA cohort of 120 patients, comprising all those who met the St Louis criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia, discharged from a mental hospital over a five-year period, were followed-up in the community after an interval of five to nine years; 105 were traced and 94 were alive. Of those, 66 were living in UK, out of hospital, and willing to be seen. Their mental states, and social functioning and circumstances were assessed by interview with the patients and those with whom they lived; 18% had recovered to the extent that they had no significant symptoms and appeared to function satisfactorily. More than 50% had definite psychotic features. No patients and few relatives sought a return to hospital care, but severe emotional, social, and financial difficulties were commonplace; 27% of the sample had no contact with medical or social services, a further 14% saw only community nurses, and 24% only their general practitioners. The findings emphasise the limitations of community services in dealing with the chronicity and severity of the impairments resulting from schizophrenic illness.

Effects of Treatment of Male Alcoholics in a Mental Hospital. A Follow-Up Study

1963 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean J. Rossi ◽  
Alex Stach ◽  
Nelson J. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Follow Up Study

scholarly journals Ten-Year Follow-Up of 100 Patients Admitted to a Mental Hospital

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 429-432
Author(s):  
Charles H. Cahn
Keyword(s):  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Organic Psychoses ◽  
One Year

A ten-year follow-up study of 100 patients admitted consecutively to a mental hospital revealed the following information. The patients used the hospital beds for an average of one year and two months of the ten years, that is, about. one-eighth of the time. The co-operative schizophrenic patients could be kept out of hospital with proper maintenance therapy. Patients admitted with organic psychoses died after an average of one and three-quarter years. Of the ‘functional’ cases nearly a half were alive after ten years, 8 were dead (2 or 3 suicides) and the rest could not be traced. The patients had an average of 23 physicians but this large number does not appear to have harmed them. Nearly all patients had some drug therapy, the two most frequently prescribed categories being neuroleptics and antidepressants. About half the patients had occupational and work therapy. The condition of the 68 survivors was considered to be: ‘recovered’ or ‘much improved’ in 55 per cent; ‘moderately or slightly improved’ in 40 per cent and ‘unimproved or worse’ in 3 per cent. Their last known vocational status was ‘working or self-sufficient’ in 34 per cent, ‘dependent’ upon relatives or government support in 43 per cent and not known in 23 per cent.

scholarly journals Adjustment disorders in hospital treated adolescents: A follow-up study

2012 ◽  
Vol 140 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 344-349
Author(s):  
Smiljka Popovic-Deusic ◽  
Marija Mitkovic ◽  
Milica Pejovic-Milovancevic ◽  
Dusica Lecic-Tosevski ◽  
Saveta Draganic-Gajic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Adjustment Disorder ◽  
Adjustment Disorders ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Discharge From Hospital ◽  
First Time

Introduction. Adjustment disorders represent a frequent diagnostic entity especially among adolescents. They involve a wide spectrum of various emotional and behaviour problems. Objective. The aim was to investigate characteristics of diagnostic category known as adjustment disorders among hospital treated adolescents for the first time at the Clinical Department for Children and Adolescents of the Institute of Mental Health in Belgrade, during five consecutive years, as well as to investigate the outcome of the disorder in follow-up period. Methods. We conducted a retrospective investigation of the first time hospital treated adolescents from Belgrade with discharge diagnosis of adjustment disorders during 2000-2004. The follow up was conducted 5-10 years after a first discharge from the hospital. Results. During the investigated period 75 adolescents from Belgrade were hospitalized for the first time with diagnosis adjustment disorder. From the studied patients the main sample was formed that included 24 (32%) males and 51 (68%) females. After 5-10 years a follow-up of 52 patients was conducted (sample at follow-up) which included 16 (30.77%) males and 36 (69.23%) females. Of the main sample, 70% of the patients were under follow-up. After the first hospitalization 58% of adolescents continued with further psychiatric treatment, either as rehospitalized or out-of-hospital patients. Conclusion. Our findings showed that 38% of adolescents under follow-up for 5-10 years after the first discharge from hospital with the diagnosis adjustment disorders had multiple hospitalizations. The outcome of the disorder among these patients was the worst, because three-quarters of the patients were rediagnosed in the follow-up period with a new psychiatric disorder, often from psychotic spectrum.

An Evaluation of Prefrontal Leucotomy in the Affective Disorders of Old Age: A Follow-Up Study

1958 ◽  
Vol 104 (435) ◽  
pp. 403-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Early Treatment ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Hospital Practice ◽  
Follow Up Study

The senile emotional disorders are now a major problem in mental hospital practice and their incidence increases with age. It is fortunate, however, that a better understanding and recognition of these affective disorders has, in most cases, led to early treatment and recovery.

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