Psychiatric Patients and Extended Visit: A Survey of Research Findings

The growing importance of early release programs in psychiatric hospitals opens a new frontier for research. Empirical findings from a number of areas are reviewed here in an attempt to isolate variables influencing this hospital procedure. The findings come from work on: types of commitment; the de...

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Published in:Journal of Health and Human Behavior 1966-04, Vol.7 (1), p.20-28
Main Authors: Sall, Joan, Vosburgh, William W., Silverman, Abby
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Families
Hospital administration
Hospital admissions
Hospitalization
Living arrangements
Mental/Mentally
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry/Psychiatric
Research/Researcher/Researchers
Social work
State hospitals
Wives
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Summary:The growing importance of early release programs in psychiatric hospitals opens a new frontier for research. Empirical findings from a number of areas are reviewed here in an attempt to isolate variables influencing this hospital procedure. The findings come from work on: types of commitment; the decision-making process involved in release and its relation to the involvement of the patient's family; post-hospital adjustment, both in terms of role expectations of the patient and the nature of his post-hospital environment; the perspective on the mental hospital as one phase of treatment; and negative evidence from studies of the chronic hospital patient.
ISSN:0095-9006
0022-1465
DOI:10.2307/2948675