Bockoven J S, Solomon H C
Am J Psychiatry. 1975 Aug;132(8):796-801. doi: 10.1176/ajp.132.8.796.
Results of a 5-year follow-up of 100 randomly selected patients committed to a community-oriented mental hospital in 1947 are compared with those of a 5-year follow-up of 100 randomly selected patients admitted to a community-based mental health center in 1967. The data show that both programs were successful in kepping patients with historis of long-standing mental illness in the community, even thought the 1947 group did not receive any modern psychotropic medication. One uoexpected finding of the comparison is the suggestion that these drugs might not be indispensable; in fact, they might actually prolong the social dependency of some discharged patients.
对1947年随机挑选入住一家社区导向型精神病院的100名患者进行5年随访的结果，与1967年随机挑选入住一家社区心理健康中心的100名患者进行5年随访的结果进行了比较。数据显示，这两个项目在让有长期精神疾病史的患者留在社区方面都取得了成功，尽管1947年那组患者没有接受任何现代精神药物治疗。此次比较的一个意外发现是，有迹象表明这些药物可能并非不可或缺；事实上，它们可能实际上延长了一些出院患者的社会依赖期。
