Kirk S A
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1977 Feb;28(2):109-14. doi: 10.1176/ps.28.2.109.
A cohort of 579 patients discharged from state mental hospitals in Kentucky during a one-year period was studied to determine the amount and nature of after-care services provided to them. A total of 319 received some form of attercare from community mental health centers during the two to three years after discharge. The majority received at least one service that could be classified as individual therapy or chemotherapy, about one-third received evaluation or rehabilitation services, and only a few had family interviews or group therapy. The majority of those receiving services had contact with psychiatrists, nurses, or other mental health professionals; less than half had contact with social workers or psychologists. In general the aftercare services tended to be medically oriented, brief, and limited in number. They were provided to a majority of the patients within their first month in the community.
对肯塔基州立精神病院在一年期间出院的579名患者进行了一项队列研究，以确定为他们提供的后续护理服务的数量和性质。在出院后的两到三年里，共有319人接受了社区心理健康中心提供的某种形式的后续护理。大多数人至少接受了一项可归类为个体治疗或化疗的服务，约三分之一的人接受了评估或康复服务，只有少数人接受了家庭访谈或团体治疗。大多数接受服务的人与精神科医生、护士或其他心理健康专业人员有接触；不到一半的人与社会工作者或心理学家有接触。一般来说，后续护理服务倾向于以医学为导向，时间短暂且数量有限。这些服务在患者进入社区的第一个月内就提供给了大多数患者。
