title: Disturbed wards--do we need them?
abstract: This is a study of forty-three female residents of a continued care state psychiatric facility who were transferred from a ward for highly disturbed persons to a ward based on a geographical unit system. One year after the transfer thirty-eight patients were improved, particularly in the area of behavior symptomatology. A change in perceived expectations of both patients and staff seemed to be primarily responsible for the positive change noted.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001519:Behavior; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013808:Therapeutic Community