Wittman L, Lerner Y
Falk Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1990;27(1):17-28.
A system for identification and classification of the chronic mentally ill in the outpatient mental health sector is proposed, integrating three criteria: duration of illness, functional disability, and psychiatric diagnosis. Previous psychiatric hospitalization of a patient is used to determine their level of severity within the system. An example of the operationalism of these criteria is provided, along with validation of the system by using treatment and sociodemographic variables and indicators of the patient's level of functioning.
本文提出了一种针对门诊心理健康领域慢性精神病患者的识别与分类系统，该系统整合了三个标准：病程、功能残疾和精神科诊断。患者既往的精神科住院史用于确定其在该系统中的严重程度等级。文中给出了这些标准的操作主义示例，并通过使用治疗、社会人口统计学变量以及患者功能水平指标对该系统进行了验证。
