Young Adult Chronic Patients: An Analytical Review of the Literature
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in Psychiatric Services
- Vol. 33 (3) , 189-197
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.3.189
Abstract
This article analyzes the periodical and "fugitive" literature concerned with an emerging psychiatric service entity, young adult chronic patients. The increasing prominence of a young adult patient population results from the confluence of two primary forces: deinstitutionalization policies and demographic factors. The author discusses the clinical diversity and program requirements of these patients. Young adult chronic patients are best served when their uniqueness as a patient population is acknowledged and heeded and when special services for them are integrated into the total system of care, the author concludes.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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