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Gerard E. Hogarty, MSW; Richard Ulrich

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1972;26(5):419-426.

Abstract
Behavioral and prognostic judgments considered by experienced social workers to represent the components of discharge readiness formed the basis of a new rating scale. Subsequent ratings of 2,000 chronically hospitalized and recently admitted schizophrenic inpatients were used to establish the reliability and validity of the scale. The four Discharge Readiness Inventory (DRI) factors have been successfully used in research applications. A method for determining the probability of an individual patient's release is offered which utilizes a single score.

Author Affiliations
Baltimore

From the Friends Medical Science Research Center, Inc, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 10, 1971.

Reprint requests to 102 Bloomsbury Ave, Baltimore 21228 (Mr. Hogarty).

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