The authors randomly assigned 79 inpatients with nonchronic
schizophrenia or affective disorder to either an intensive experimental day
program called "transitional treatment" or a control treatment-- weekly
clinically believed to require intensive posthospital treatment to make the
transition to the community. Although initially there was a significantly
higher dropout rate from the control condition, at the point of discharge
from the two programs as well as at 6- and 12-month follow-up there was no
difference in outcome. Direct costs for the transitional treatment,
however, were much higher.Abstract Teaser