title: Evaluation of day treatment center effectiveness.
abstract: A study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of the Day Treatment Center as an alternative to rehospitalization for chronic psychiatric patients. The project utilized a subject as his own control design comparing equal time intervals before and during Day Treatment Center involvement. The study demonstrates the efficacy of the Day Treatment Center as a therapeutic modality that not only helps prevent hospitalization, but also assists in decreasing the average length of stay when admission is unavoidable.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003363:Cost Control; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007902:Length of Stay; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy