Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:10-18
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
The discharged psychiatric patient: a review of social, social- psychological, and psychiatric correlates of outcome
WR Avison and KN Speechley
The authors review research over the past decade on the social, social-
psychological, and psychiatric correlates of community adaptation among
discharged psychiatric patients. A review of 33 studies suggests that
little theoretical or methodological progress has been made in identifying
the factors that are conductive to the adjustment of discharged patients on
their return to the community. To stimulate subsequent efforts in this
area, the authors suggest applying new approaches, such as the stress
process perspective that has been used to study mental health in the
general population.
