A Seven-Year Follow-Up Study of Patients in a General Hospital Psychiatric Service

Bucove, Arnold D.; Levitt, Lawrence I.

doi:10.1176/ajp.122.10.1088

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“…Relatively little attention has been given to prognosis in disorders other than schizophrenia. In one exploratory study, 44% of those patients diagnosed schizophrenic reaction attained at least a "partial recovery" compared with 57% of psychoneurotic reactions and 83% of cases with periodic depressions (Bucove & Levitt, 1966). In another study, using rehospitalization during 2 yr. as the criterion, nonschizophrenic patients, particularly depressives, had a better prognosis than schizophrenics (Levenstein, Klein, & Pollack, 1966).…”

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Prognostic indicators in psychosis and neurosis.

Gunderson¹,

Arthur²

1968

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Neurotic and psychotic patients who had been temporarily retired from naval service were reevaluated periodically and rated on degrees of disability by physical evaluation boards. Personal history and symptom variables were correlated with changes in amount of psychiatric disability over a S-yr. period. Recovery or improvement was more rapid and complete in neurotics, but improvement was more predictable in psychotics. Significant correlates of improvement for neurotics were: age at time of hospitalization, pay grade (rank), inadequate social life, and medical treatment for other than psychiatric condition. Significant prognostic indicators for psychotics included: diagnostic subtype (paranoid), age at the time of hospitalization, racial group, ideas of reference, delusions, thought disturbance, and anxiety level.

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