title: Effective functioning of chronic psychiatric patients in aftercare settings.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine personality and environmental characteristics as they relate to effective functioning of chronic psychiatric patients in aftercare settings in North Western Ontario. The guiding assumption was that indices of health are better predictors of effective functioning than the absence of pathology.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D012917:Social Adjustment