Sandall H, Hawley T T, Gordon G C
Am J Psychiatry. 1975 Jun;132(6):617-22. doi: 10.1176/ajp.132.6.617.
The authors describe a group-home program that has been operating successfully for three years in St. Louis, Mo. The program offers ex-mental hospital patients the opportunity to gradually acquire experience in living independently in the community. The success of a living arrangement in which an apartment is shared by a group of patients demonstrates long-term chronic patients can often adjust to minimally supervised living arrangements and that many ex-mental hospital patients can use this experience as a springboard to personal growth and eventual autonomy.
作者介绍了一个在密苏里州圣路易斯市已成功运营三年的集体之家项目。该项目为曾入住精神病院的患者提供机会，让他们逐步积累在社区独立生活的经验。一群患者合住一套公寓的居住安排取得了成功，这表明长期慢性病患者通常能够适应极少监管的生活安排，而且许多曾入住精神病院的患者可以将这段经历作为个人成长及最终实现自主的跳板。
