Successful Psychiatric Rehabilitation Using an Inpatient Teaching Laboratory—A One-Year Follow-Up Study
MARION K. JACOBS PH.D.1, and
O. LEE TRICK M.D.2
1 Counseling Center, University of California, Irvine, Calif. 92664
2 Associate Professor and Director of the Inpatient Program, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, W. Va.
The authors describe a one-year follow-up study of psychiatric patients hospitalized at the West Virginia University Medical Center. They found a rehospitalization rate considerably below the national average; also, about three-quarters of the patients had returned to their usual home and job responsibilities. After describing the treatment program, the authors attempt to identify the variables that contribute most strongly to successful rehabilitation.
