The connection between labor integration and prognosis of schizophrenic patients: an 8-year follow-up study

This study reflects the labour-situation of 67 DSM-III schizophrenic outpatients in an 8-year follow-up. About 50% of the patients had less than 20 hours of work a week on the average--most of them in work therapy or sheltered work-places. Many of them changed their location of work. Patients with a...

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Published inPsychiatrische Praxis Vol. 26; no. 5; p. 224
Main Authors Mönking, H S, Buchkremer, G, Hornung, W P
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.09.1999
Subjects
Adult
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Outpatients - psychology
Prognosis
Rehabilitation, Vocational - methods
Rehabilitation, Vocational - trends
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia - rehabilitation
Schizophrenia - therapy
Sheltered Workshops - organization & administration
Sheltered Workshops - trends
Vocational Education - organization & administration
Vocational Education - trends
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Summary:This study reflects the labour-situation of 67 DSM-III schizophrenic outpatients in an 8-year follow-up. About 50% of the patients had less than 20 hours of work a week on the average--most of them in work therapy or sheltered work-places. Many of them changed their location of work. Patients with an initially good prognosis (MPS) had a good outcome, regardless if they had a normal job and worked about 30 hours a week or worked about 20 hours in a sheltered place. For patients with a poor prognosis even the integration in a sheltered working place was difficult.
ISSN:0303-4259