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REMOTIVATION OF LONG‐TERM MALE SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS *
Author(s) -
Lerner Joseph,
Paik George,
Sanborn Kenneth O.,
Murata David M.,
Moravec George G.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb02752.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , rehabilitation , medicine , vocational rehabilitation , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , personality , state hospital , work (physics) , community hospital , physical therapy , psychiatry , nursing , psychology , social psychology , pedagogy , mechanical engineering , engineering
A bstract A vocational rehabilitation project for chronically ill schizophrenic male patients at Hawaii State Hospital involved the comparison of two groups of patients: (a) 32 who underwent a program of work conditioning plus vocational rehabilitation services, and (b) 19 who received only the regular hospital vocational therapy. By means of work‐tolerance and adequate‐vocational‐personality tests, it was possible to assess the patient's ability to adjust to community placement. Placement in a job in the community involved follow‐up assessments at twelve and eighteen months. The results of this study support the concept that vocational rehabilitation programs for patients with chronic schizophrenia can increase their chances for discharge from the hospital and can enable them to maintain themselves in the community if provided with vocational rehabilitation services and follow‐up. Work‐conditioning did not seem to be the prime factor in this success. The study also illustrates the cooperation of both private and governmental agencies in the use of manpower, facilities and funds to reduce the schizophrenic patient's difficult transition from the hospital to the community.