The Vermont longitudinal study of persons with severe mental illness, I: Methodology, study sample, and overall status 32 years later
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 June 1987
Courtenay M. Harding, George W. Brooks, T. Ashikaga, John S. Strauss, Alan Breier
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This intact cohort participated in a comprehensive rehabilitation program and was released to the community in a planned deinstitutionalization effort during the mid-1950s, which corroborates recent findings from Europe and elsewhere.
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The authors report the latest findings from a 32-year longitudinal study of 269 back-ward patients from Vermont State Hospital. This intact cohort participated in a comprehensive rehabilitation program and was released to the community in a planned deinstitutionalization effort during the mid-1950s. At their 10-year follow-up mark, 70% of these patients remained out of the hospital but many were socially isolated and many were recidivists. Twenty to 25 years after their index release, 262 of these subjects were blindly assessed with structured and reliable protocols. One-half to two-thirds of them had achieved considerable improvement or recovery, which corroborates recent findings from Europe and elsewhere.
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