title: The use of a mid-Manhattan hotel as a support system.
abstract: The mass media have focused recently on the failure of psychiatric institutions to provide adequate follow-up for its patients released into the inner city. Many expatients deteriorate and become part of the "revolving door": single-room occupancy--city hospitals--state hospital. This paper attempts to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing existing community resources (for example, a large midtown Manhattan hotel and local service agencies) to cope with this problem. A description of the multiagency organized hotel programs as well as objective and subjective data is provided in order to substantiate our contention that this approach offers a viable alternative to long-term hospitalization.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009519:New York City; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*