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NANCY ORLINSKY, PhD; EDMUND D'ELIA, BS

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964;10(1):47-54.

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Widely disparate results concerning the value of aftercare for post-hospitalized mental patients are found in the current literature. Several authors have reported rehospitalization rates of groups of patients assigned to aftercare on a nonrandom basis, such as the hospital physician's recommendation. Two such studies by Freeman and Simmons³ and by Williams and Walker,¹¹ fail to support the value of aftercare, whereas one such study by Hornstra and McPartland⁴ does report a lower rehospitalization rate for aftercare patients.

Free and Dodd² and Katz and Cole⁵ report studies which used random assignment of post-hospital patients to aftercare and control groups. In the Free and Dodd study of 596 patients, 35.1% of the control and 14.6% of the aftercare group returned to the hospital within a year of discharge. Katz and Cole report a study in progress by Engelhardt which attempts . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO; SPRINGFIELD, ILL

Supervising Psychologist, Mental Health Center, Chicago (Dr. Orlinsky); Supervisor. Statistical Research Section, Department of Mental Health, Springfield, Ill (Mr. D'Elia).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 25, 1963.

Revised version of paper read at the 119th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, St. Louis, Mo, May 6-10, 1963.

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