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Comparative Study
. 1977 Apr;38(4):242-5.

Acute schizophrenia: an efficacious outpatient treatment approach as an alternative to full-time hospitalization

A J Levenson, C J Lord, C E Sermas, J I Thornby, W Sullender, S B Comstock
  • PMID: 403064
Comparative Study

Acute schizophrenia: an efficacious outpatient treatment approach as an alternative to full-time hospitalization

A J Levenson et al. Dis Nerv Syst. 1977 Apr.

Abstract

A research study was designed to test the hypothesis that acutely schizophrenic patients treated for a few minutes a day in a specially designed, city-county hospital outpatient clinic could remit as frequently, rapidly, and economically as a similar group managed on the ward of the same hospital. The results of the study permitted acceptance of the hypothesis. To wit, 90% of the clinic patients remitted in a median time of 12.5 days, as opposed to 70% of the ward patients remitting in a median time of 19.5 days and for approximately six times the cost.

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