Caton C L
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1981 Jul;32(7):475-8. doi: 10.1176/ps.32.7.475.
Deinstitutionalization has created a new type of patient--the new young chronic--who has received most or all of his treatment during brief hospital stays and through extended contact with outpatient community care programs. A one-year study of 119 new chronic patients entering treatment in New York City between 1977 and 1979 casts light on their living arrangements, use of mental health services, social functioning, criminal activity, suicide attempts, and symptomatology.
非机构化催生了一种新型患者——新型年轻慢性病患者，他们在短暂的住院期间以及通过与门诊社区护理项目的长期接触接受了大部分或全部治疗。一项针对1977年至1979年间在纽约市开始接受治疗的119名新慢性病患者的为期一年的研究，揭示了他们的生活安排、心理健康服务的使用情况、社会功能、犯罪活动、自杀企图以及症状表现。
