Community Posthospital Follow-Up Services

Ann Solberg
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Ann Solberg: Department of Health, Fresno County, California

Evaluation Review, 1983, vol. 7, issue 1, 96-109

Abstract: Clients ready for discharge from the Fresno County Department of Health Acute Psychiatric Unit were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 71) or a control group (n = 72). The individuals in the experimental group received community follow-up services from one of four psychiatric social workers for a period of 30 days after their discharge from the acute psychiatric unit. The control group received no follow-up ser vices from the project staff. The evaluation of the project was based on a period of 60 days following each client's discharge from the hospital. The results showed that posthospital community follow-up , as provided in this demonstration project, is effective in preventing or at least delaving rehospitalization, without increasing the cost of mental health care.

Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8300700106

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