Long-term consequences of the reformation of psychiatric care: a 15-year follow-up study.
Although there are a great many epidemiological studies of psychiatric diseases and the outcomes of controlled rehabilitation programmes, there is a shortage of studies of routine psychiatric care. This study is a retrospective cohort study of the total number (n=138) of patients receiving inpatient care at a psychiatric rehabilitation clinic in Jönköping during 1984. The follow-up period is 15 years, 1984-98. The group had a considerable amount of inpatient care, but this decreased dramatically during the time of investigation. Positive indications were that there were no suicides during the last 5 years of the period and that the number of registered crimes showed a marked decrease from 1992. Negative indications were low levels of work and occupation and few social contacts.
Bülow
Per
P
Department of Health and Society, Institute of Tema Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Svensson
Tommy
T
Hansson
Jan-Håkan
JH
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors