Journal article
Dependence on public financial support early in the course of schizophrenia
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), Vol.48(7), pp.948-950
07/1997
DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.7.948
PMID: 9219306
Abstract
Although most patients with schizophrenia rely on public financial support, little is known about how soon after the onset of illness such dependence occurs. Forty-eight patients with schizophrenia were followed for a mean of five years after their first hospitalization to examine their reliance on public support. At one year after their first hospitalization, 27 subjects (56 percent) were primarily supported by social service agencies. Once such support was initiated, it was maintained throughout the entire follow-up period for all patients except two. The findings indicate that dependence on public financial assistance begins very early in the course of illness for most hospitalized patients with schizophrenia.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dependence on public financial support early in the course of schizophrenia
- Creators
- B C Ho - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USAN AndreasenM Flaum
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), Vol.48(7), pp.948-950
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1176/ps.48.7.948
- PMID
- 9219306
- ISSN
- 1075-2730
- eISSN
- 1557-9700
- Grant note
- MH 31593 / NIMH NIH HHS MHCRC 43271 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/1997
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984003405002771
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