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READINESS FOR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL RELEASE IN RELATION TO LEVELS OF SOCIAL EFFICIENCY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Author(s) -
Handy Imena A.
Publication year - 1970
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.1532-5415.1970.tb02788.x
Subject(s) - resocialization , psychopathology , medicine , psychiatry , mental hospital , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , social environment , social science , sociology , political science , law
A bstract The social learning model in contrast to the medical model deserves more trials in preparing schizophrenic patients for release from mental hospitals. Observations by the three disciplines (physicians, psychologists and social workers) on 465 male schizophrenic patients in a Veterans Administration hospital indicated that release readiness was correlated more closely with the degree of social efficiency than with the degree of psychopathology. Thus, in addition to the various treatments used to reduce symptoms, there is great need for resocialization programs.