Institutionalism Revisited: Prevalence of the Institutionalized Person

Institutionalism is a pattern of passive, dependent behavior observed among inpatients with psychiatric disability, characterized by hospital attachment and resistance to discharge. No recent research exists on the prevalence of the condition. Staff members in a public psychiatric hospital were aske...

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Published in:Psychiatric rehabilitation journal 1999, Vol.22 (3), p.302-304
Main Author: Wirt, Gary L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Health Personnel Attitudes
Hospitalized Patients
Human
Inpatient
Institutionalization
Male
Mental Disorders
Patients
Psychiatric Hospital Staff
Psychiatric Patients
Psychiatry
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Summary:Institutionalism is a pattern of passive, dependent behavior observed among inpatients with psychiatric disability, characterized by hospital attachment and resistance to discharge. No recent research exists on the prevalence of the condition. Staff members in a public psychiatric hospital were asked to identify institutionalized people with a psychiatric disability, using written criteria provided by the author. Of the 260 patients on the general psychiatric services, 56 (21.5%) were identified as institutionalized. In an 18-month follow-up, only 14 (25%) had been discharged.
ISSN:1095-158X
1559-3126
DOI:10.1037/h0095228