[Evaluation method of social rehabilitation of adults who had suffered infantile psychoses].
This study attempts to find out the outcome of psychotic children as adults, essentially with regard to social adjustment, main prognostic variable. To avoid the biases of an institutional recruitment, our population was defined in a geographic area: the Herault department (2-4). In the international literature only 3 studies of outcome in adulthood (6-8) could be found. The procedure encountered many difficulties: geographic dispersion, lack of standardized assessment of social adjustment. The method used was chosen in order to compare with other studies. It describes: the present situation and psychiatric status of 47 persons, 17 to 24 year old (mean = 21 years); social characteristics with 6 variables: employment, school credits, living accommodation, leisure activities and interpersonal relationships, marital status, medical care utilization. A score of 0 (poor adjustment) to 3 (very good adjustment) was given for each of the previous variables. To make later analyses easier, we summarized these data into a single score: index of social adjustment. RESULTS Among the 47 persons, 41 have been located; 2 were dead. Most of them are young (18 subjects are 17 to 20 year old). 19 of them carry on special education or special vocational training. In specialized institutions, they are day-pupils or boarders depending on family possibilities. 8 persons are active: the level ranged from special job training to sheltered employment. 4 persons live in special centers for handicapped adults; according to their skills they perform or not some very easy work. 4 persons live in their family without any project.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Unité 70 INSERM, Montpellier.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012917:Social Adjustment
Méthode d'évaluation de l'insertion sociale d'adultes ayant souffert de psychose infantile.