title: 'Neurosis' and the personal social environment. The effects of a time-limited course of intensive day care.
abstract: The Interview Schedule for Social Interactions (ISSI) was used to assess the social environment of 65 British inner-city patients suffering from severe neurotic disorder; all patients were offered a 12-week course of intensive day treatment with an educational and psychodynamic basis. Compared with a general population in Canberra, the neurosis sufferers had lower (morbid) scores on the ISSI for the extent and quality of their social relationships. Of the 34 subjects who completed treatment and attended for the post-treatment investigation, 21 attained a PSE score below the level for 'caseness'. Twenty-five subjects who attended for follow-up at 18-24 months had improved significantly on all four of the standard ISSI measures, although they had not done so immediately after treatment. This suggests that although symptoms may improve at the time of treatment, social relationships improve only over several months.
authors.affiliation: University of Leeds.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Heard
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maddock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009769:Object Attachment; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support