Establishing a model for care in schizophrenia: one program's experience.
Unified service systems for the chronic mentally ill are frequently proposed yet rarely implemented. This paper presents a program developed specifically to meet the needs of young people with schizophrenia and their families. The program's evolution and design, from its origins in a hospital to its eventual base in the community, are described. The implications of a clinical teaching unit affiliated with a university are outlined. The experience of a typical patient and his family provides a view from a clinical context. Hypotheses arising from this case study point to future empirical work in the development of model programs in the care of the long term mentally ill.
Dermer
S W
SW
Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Landeen
J L
JL
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology