Bachrach L L
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1982 Mar;33(3):189-97. doi: 10.1176/ps.33.3.189.
This article analyzes the periodical and "fugitive" literature concerned with an emerging psychiatric service entity, young adult chronic patients. The increasing prominence of a young adult patient population results from the confluence of two primary forces: deinstitutionalization policies and demographic factors. The author discusses the clinical diversity and program requirements of these patients. Young adult chronic patients are best served when their uniqueness as a patient population is acknowledged and heeded and when special services for them are integrated into the total system of care, the author concludes.
本文分析了与一个新兴的精神科服务实体——青年慢性患者相关的期刊文献和“非正规”文献。青年患者群体日益突出是两种主要力量共同作用的结果：去机构化政策和人口因素。作者讨论了这些患者的临床多样性和项目需求。作者总结道，当青年慢性患者作为一个独特患者群体的特性得到承认和重视，且为他们提供的特殊服务被纳入整个护理体系时，他们能得到最好的治疗。
