Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Prediction of the burden of released mental patients

  • Articles
  • Published:
Community Mental Health Journal Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The burden of the patient to his family and the community is a major factor influencing the success of community care of a psychiatric patient. The hospital staff should he able to forsee it and take it into consideration in planning the aftercare of the psychiatric patient. Based on a sample of 174 patients released from a state hospital and followed for 6 months, a study of the predictive ability of various health professionals with respect to the financial burden and psychological burden of the patient to the family and two related aspects of his community life — family's welcome, and patient's work capacity — was performed. Although the professionals are doing a “good job” in predicting family welcome, the results are less encouraging for the other variables considered. With scattered exceptions, interdisciplinary differences were not detected.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Gunn, R. L. & Pearman, H. E. An analysis of the future outlook of hospitalized psychiatric patients.Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1970,26, 99–103.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gunn, R. L., Pearman, H. E., Goeth, C., Wagner, M. K., & Harrelson, W. Facts influencing release decision.Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 1970,21, 290–293.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lasky, J. J., Hover, G. L., Smith, P. A., Bostian, D. W., Duffendack, S. C., & Nord, C. L. Posthospital adjustment as predicted by psychiatric patients and by their staff.Journal of Consulting Psychology, 1959,23, 213–218.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lorei, T. W.Release decision-making. (Project 60), Washington, D.C.: Program Evaluation Staff, Veterans Administration Hospital, 1968.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lorei, T. W., & Gurel, L. A systematic approach to disposition decision.American Journal of Psychiatry, 1971,128, 61–65.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 48104, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    George Williams Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

    Fu -tong Hsu Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)

  3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Tsung -yi Lin M.D. (Professor Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry, Principal investigator)

  4. Evaluation of Continuty of Care of Mental Patients, USA

    Tsung -yi Lin M.D. (Professor Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry, Principal investigator)

Authors
  1. George Williams Ph.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Fu -tong Hsu Ph.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Tsung -yi Lin M.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Supported by a 314 (d) grant from the Michigan Department of Mental Health, Lansing, Michigan. The present study has been carried out as a subproject of the above. The authors owe sincere gratitude to the following colleagues without whose whole-hearted cooperation, the study could not have been possible: all the staff of the Genesee Division Pontiac State Hospital, especially Dr. N.F. Castido, Director, Miss Barbara Metschke, Nursing Director; and all the staff of the Genesee County Community Mental Health Agency who participated in the project, especially, Commissioner Dr. Ronald Chen, Clinical Director Mrs. Betty Curtis, Chief of Biometrics Donald Thompson, Head Nurse Lonni Huel.

The authors wish to thank Dr. Gail Barton, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan for pointing out the article by Lasky, et al. 1959.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Williams, G., Hsu, F.t. & Lin, T.y. Prediction of the burden of released mental patients. Community Ment Health J 9, 303–315 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410866

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410866

Keywords

Search

Navigation