A controlled evaluation of inpatient crisis treatment for acute schizophrenic episodes
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Psychiatric Quarterly
- Vol. 61 (2), 143-154
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01064914
Abstract
Acutely ill chronic schizophrenic patients requiring hospitalization were assigned to either an intensive crisis oriented (five day) or a short term (twenty-one day) inpatient unit. Despite intensive psychosocial treatment and initial rapid symptom reduction, the crisis patients could not be successfully discharged earlier than the short term patients. The crisis patients more frequently utilized day hospital aftercare and did not differ from the short term patients in symptom level or global functioning at three month follow-up. Limitations of very brief crisis oriented inpatient care for acutely ill schizophrenia patients are discussed.Keywords
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