title: [The pilot project "Soteria Bern" in treatment of acute schizophrenic patients. II. Results of a comparative prospective follow-up study over 2 years].
abstract: Following on a previous publication [15], outcomes of 22 acute schizophrenic index patients treated mainly with no- or low-medication strategies and with milieu therapeutic, socio-therapeutic and psychotherapeutic methods in the open therapeutic community "Soteria Berne" are compared, in a 2-year prospective study, with pairwise matched controls from 4 different traditional settings. There were no significant differences concerning psychopathology, living situation, work situation, combined evaluation and relapse rate after 2 years. Total dosage of medication was less than half, but total costs about 1/3 higher in the index group. Differences of costs were directly related to the inclusion of the-often prolonged-phase of rehabilitation in the in-patient treatment in "Soteria", and disappear when this phase is shifted to other settings. These results and additional observations concerning subjective aspects speak in favour of the creation of other treatment facilities of the same type.
authors.affiliation: Sozialpsychiatrische Universitätsklinik Bern.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciompi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kupper
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aebi
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Dauwalder
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hubschmid
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trütsch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rutishauser
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008884:Milieu Therapy; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy; D013557:Switzerland; D013808:Therapeutic Community
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents
vernacular_title: Das Pilotprojekt "Soteria Bern" zur Behandlung akut Schizophrener. II. Ergebnisse einer vergleichenden prospektiven Verlaufsstudie über 2 Jahre.