title: Increasing psychiatric inpatients' community adjustment through therapeutic passes.
abstract: Using several self-generated instruments, the authors monitored patient care records and interviewed psychiatric patients, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurses to identify the role of passes in discharge planning and community adjustment and to assess passes' utility in the inpatient treatment program. Findings indicate that while therapeutic passes are considered an integral component of discharge planning and community adjustment, the purposes and use of passes are ambiguous. The authors offer suggestions to maximize the benefits of passes in promoting patients' transition from the hospital to home settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Donner
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kopytko
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: McFolling
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cronin-Stubbs
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Szczesny
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mayton
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pasch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012917:Social Adjustment