The new long-term patient in the public mental hospital: a follow-up
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (6) , 794-795
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.6.794
Abstract
Of the 270 patients who had been hospitalized at least 1 year in Maryland public psychiatric facilities in 1976, 15% remained 7 years later. The authors' data provide evidence that a new long-term population is not accumulating in Maryland.Keywords
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