[The connection between labor integration and prognosis of schizophrenic patients: an 8-year follow-up study].
This study reflects the labour-situation of 67 DSM-III schizophrenic outpatients in an 8-year follow-up. About 50% of the patients had less than 20 hours of work a week on the average--most of them in work therapy or sheltered work-places. Many of them changed their location of work. Patients with an initially good prognosis (MPS) had a good outcome, regardless if they had a normal job and worked about 30 hours a week or worked about 20 hours in a sheltered place. For patients with a poor prognosis even the integration in a sheltered working place was difficult.
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Fachklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, St. Rochus-Hospital Telgte.
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D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D012759:Sheltered Workshops / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D014829:Vocational Education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends