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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.6.518

Fifty-five of 86 patients were interviewed concerning their attitudes to the "open door" as a function of the therapeutic community in the research division ward.

The patients generally agreed that the "open door" had played a beneficial role in their strivings towards successful reintegration and adaptation.

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