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Quality of life after psychiatric rehabilitation: the clients’ perspective
Author(s) -
Pinkney A. A.,
Gerber G. J.,
Lafave H. G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb07371.x
Subject(s) - outreach , rehabilitation , perspective (graphical) , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatric rehabilitation , medicine , psychiatry , psychiatric hospital , independent living , community integration , psychology , gerontology , nursing , mental illness , mental health , physical therapy , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law
Fifty‐five people discharged from inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation programs were interviewed 1 year after leaving hospital using the Client's Quality of Life Instrument. Following long periods of psychiatric hospitalization, these former patients had adapted to living in the larger community with considerable success. Ninety‐six percent felt that their quality of life had improved as a consequence of leaving hospital. Most people had the necessary maintenance skills to live in community settings. They showed appropriate behaviors and blended into the larger community without difficulty. They used outreach support services provided by the hospital to help them in the transition to community living.