Long-Term Community Follow-Up of Formerly Hospitalized Psychotic Patients

Outcome studies in mental hospitals: A review.

“…Continuity of aftercare is evidently responsible for reducing rehospitalization in several studies (Clayhorn & Kinross-Wright, 1971;Mendel & Rapport, 1963;Orlinsky & D'Elia, 1964;Rajotte & Denber, 1963;Sheldon, 1964). Thus, the importance of aftercare is evident, especially if shorter hospitalization is to be undertaken.…”

Prochlorperazine — A Review of the Literature since 1956*

“…Prochlorperazine offers the advantage of producing less drowsiness than chlorpromazine. A number of follow-up studies have established the long-term efficacy of prochlorperazine (60,69,86).…”

Community Psychiatric Service and After-Care of the Patients Returned To the Community in the Organisation of a Swedish Mental Hospital

“…The importance of a community-oriented psychiatry and of the after-care of the discharged patients is well-known and has been recently stressed by several authors : Bierer (1951Bierer ( -1961, MacMillan (1964), De Sanctis (1957), Bowes (1961), Carse (1959), Freeman (1961Freeman ( -1963, Rajotte and Denber (1963), Wessler and Kahn (1963). Davis (1963) has recently described the organization of family-care of the mentally ill in Norway and discussed the social philosophy which such organization reflects.…”

“…Indeed, rehospitalization of such patients can be reduced to 10 per cent or even less (Kris, 1961), and admissions to mental hospital of patients from a waiting-list can be reduced by 50-80 per cent (Brown, 1961, Grad andSainsbury, 1961). These policies will also permit a more careful follow-up of formerly hospitalized psychotic patients maintained with neuroleptic drugs (Brooks, 1960, Lassenius and Ekblom, 1962, Rajotte and Denber, 1963, and allow those factors to penetrate which might influence the rehabilitation of the released patient and his reintegration in the family and in the society (Brooks, Deane, Lagor andCurtis, 1963, Perris andBrattemo, Perris et al, 1964).…”