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Is Day Hospital Treatment Effective, and Can Success Be Predicted?

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  • A.A. Vidalis

    (Villes Avramidi 5, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • BM Neuro-Psych

    (Villes Avramidi 5, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • T.D. Preston

    (Westminster Hospital. London. SW1P 2AP)

  • G.H.B. Baker

    (152 Harley Street, London. W1)

Abstract

Clinical improvement is demonstrated in a group of 41 day patients of mixed diagnosis by changes in measures of depression, self-esteem, loquacity and sociability over a period of six weeks. Staff predictions of success, made after 2 weeks, correlated positively (Spearman's rho=0.53) with an overall assessment of success after 6 weeks, which itself was positively correlated with improvements in scores on depression (rho=0.58) and sociability (rho=0.66 and 0.60.) The patients for whom staff predicted least success were in 6 cases out of 7 men aged 20-51.

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  • A.A. Vidalis & BM Neuro-Psych & T.D. Preston & G.H.B. Baker, 1990. "Is Day Hospital Treatment Effective, and Can Success Be Predicted?," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(2), pages 137-142, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:36:y:1990:i:2:p:137-142
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409003600207
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    1. G.H.B. Baker & B.M. Gardiner & J. Perez-Gil & R.J. Wood, 1986. "Psychiatric Day Hospitals: the Patients and their Preferences in Treatment," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 32(4), pages 64-72, December.
    2. A.A. Vidalis & G.H.B. Baker, 1986. "Factors Influencing Effectiveness of Day Hospital Treatment," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 32(3), pages 3-8, September.
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