Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:968-971
Copyright © 1980 by American Psychiatric Association
A multi-tiered screening system for the least restrictive setting
RH Allen, M Weinman, R Lorimor and JL Claghorn
The authors evaluated the placement process in a large psychiatric facility
with both inpatient and outpatient services. They examined 71 inpatient and
90 outpatient new admissions using standardized tests of psychopathology
and sociodemographic status. After correcting for response bias, the
authors found, in contrast to other studies, that the level of morbidity in
the inpatient service was significantly different from that in the
outpatient unit. The measures of sociodemographic data indicate that
inpatients were more dependent on social support systems and that this
finding was not influenced by response bias.
