A Controlled Comparison of Psychiatric Day Treatment and Inpatient Hospitalization.

Washburn, Stephen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ144238

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Publication Date: 1976

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A Controlled Comparison of Psychiatric Day Treatment and Inpatient Hospitalization

Washburn, Stephen; And Others

Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 4, 665-675, Aug 76

Seriously ill female psychiatric patients (N=59) were randomly assigned to an inpatient or day service. Data indicate the day treatment is, on the whole, superior to inpatient treatment in subjective distress, community functioning, family burden, total hospital cost, and days of attachment to the hospital program. (Author)

Descriptors: Clinics, Day Programs, Evaluation, Females, Helping Relationship, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Health Programs, Program Evaluation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Research Projects, Therapeutic Environment

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