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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.8.930

Data obtained from mental health clinics and private physicians serving 1,182 chronic psychotic patients demonstrated that group methods not only make more efficient use of manpower but are also significantly more effective than traditional individual methods in the aftercare of these patients. State-level assistance was shown to be quite helpful in improving community-level aftercare programs.

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