Outcome at discharge for clients in a psychiatric day care program.

Full Abstract

The effectiveness of a psychiatric day care program was assessed in terms of the outcome at discharge for 79 clients. One-third of the clients were employed, either full-time or part-time (in case of students, at school), during the postprogram period of three months or more. Another one-third left the program prematurely with or without exacerbation of psychotic symptoms. Clients having premature termination were significantly less adherent to outpatient clinic visits and/or psychotropic medication. Family's understanding of and cooperation in the program were significantly less favorable in clients with early termination. The possible strategies for reducing the dropouts were discussed.

Author information

Author/s: Inoue, K (K); Kadoya, K (K); Iwashige, T (T); Tadai, T (T); Tani, N (N);

Affiliation: Naruto University of Education, Japan.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology (Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol), published in JAPAN. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1992-Mar; vol 46 (issue 1) : pp 55-60

Dates: Created 1992/08/27; Completed 1992/08/27; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 1635335, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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