The new generation of chronic psychiatric patients.
A study of 100 clients admitted to the partial care program of a community mental health center found the majority to be young, single, well-educated adults with chronic psychiatric disorders. These clients are frequently hospitalized in other than state or county hospitals. This article supports the hypothesis that a new generation of chronic psychiatric patients exists.
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012918:Social Alienation; D014481:United States