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With Psychiatric Patients

VLADIMIR PISHKIN, PhD; JAY T. SHURLEY, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1963;9(5):471-476.

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It is generally agreed that outcome of trial visit (TV) placement is a crucial test of a psychiatric patient's ability to make a social adjustment outside of the structured environment, as provided by a neuropsychiatric hospital. It has been shown that, in judging success of psychiatric treatment, one is more likely to obtain successful predictions from estimates of patient's assets rather than from concern of pathological indices.¹ In a recent study, it was demonstrated that estimates of pathology or measures of social skills as assessed by psychometric techniques may not be as effective means as demographic measures in predicting significant criteria of adjustment outcome.² More accurate prediction of TV success, as an intermediate step to discharge and termination of successful treatment is desirable, not only in terms of patient's expectations, but also as a method of decreasing administrative procedures and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
OKLAHOMA CITY

Dr. Pishkin is Chief Research Psychologist, VA Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Associate Professor, Medical Psychology, University of Oklahoma Medical Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 19, 1963.

Dr. Shurley is Senior Medical Investigator, Psychiatry, VA Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Career Research Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma Medical Center. This research was supported by Veterans Administration Medical Research Funds (8200).

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