title: Some factors relating to satisfactory post-discharge community maintenance of chronic psychotic patients.
abstract: The length of time a group of 70 psychiatric patients could be maintained in the community following discharge from a provincial hospital was found to be significantly related to post-discharge compliance with medication and to the level of discharge planning (well planned versus unplanned, or patient prematurely self-discharged against medical advice). Various demographic and clinical variables were unrelated to the length of post-discharge survival in the community.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Ontario, London.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Velamoor
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cernovsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation