title: Mental health care in the community: an evaluative study.
abstract: A study was designed to assess the therapeutic value of attaching a social worker to a metropolitan group practice in the management of chronic neurotic illness. The psychiatric and social status of a group of patients before treatment and after one year was compared with the status of a control group treated more conventionally over the same period. The results indicate that the experimental service conferred some benefit on the patient population.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006123:Group Practice; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012923:Social Class; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric