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Mary Helen Michaux, PhD; Marvin R. Chelst, PhD; Shirley A. Foster; Robert J. Pruim; Elizabeth M. Dasinger

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1973;29(5):647-651.

Abstract
Forty five day-care hospital and 52 full-time patients were evaluated two and 12 months after release (91.5% of the treatment sample). At two months, symptom differences favoring full hospitalization were less pronounced than they had been at the time of patients' release; social adjustment as reported by patients was better in the day than in the full-time sample.

After one year, symptomatology in the two groups differed only in that day patients were significantly more intrapunitive than inpatients; the social performance of day subjects was superior to that of their full-time counterparts, according to both patients and their relatives. Further, 78% of day-care heads of households were employed. compared with only 52% of full-time patients in that category (P<.05). Incidence and duration of relapse were not significantly different in the two samples.

Author Affiliations
Sykesville, Md; Bethesda, Md; Baltimore

From the Research Department, Springfield State Hospital, Sykeaville, Md (Dr. Michaux); the Montgomery County, Maryland, Mental Health Clinic, Bethesda Md (Dr. Chelat); and the Friends Medical Science Research Center, Inc., Baltimore (S. Foster, R. Pruim, and E. Dasinger).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 24, 1972.

Reprint requests to 501 Colleen Rd, Baltimore, Md 21229 (Dr. Michaux).

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