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Demographic and clinical variables associated with continuation in treatment at a community mental health center
Author(s) -
Marsh Diane T.,
Zabarenko Lucy M.,
Stoughton Nancy L.,
Miller Anne R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198901)17:1<89::aid-jcop2290170109>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , mental health , medicine , continuation , chose , demography , psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , sociology , computer science , political science , law , programming language
Two hundred patients who chose to continue in treatment at a community mental health center were compared with 200 patients who chose to discontinue treatment after a limited number of visits. Cross‐tabulations and loglinear analysis were used to assess group differences on 11 demographic and 8 clinical variables. Cross‐tabulations provided evidence of significant group differences on 10 variables, and loglinear analysis did so for 9 variables. As a group, patients who chose not to continue in treatment tended to be younger and less dysfunctional and had less prior mental health treatment.