Psychiatric Day Hospitals: A Study of the Brooklyn Day Hospital Program Within the New York State Aftercare Clinics, 1961
Abstract
Background of the Study. Prior to 1954, throughout the country, aftercare for psychiatric patients, with a few exceptions, was markedly inadequate or non-existent; about one third of all patients leaving psychiatric hospitals on convalescent status had to return for further care. In New York State each of the state hospitals and schools conducted its own aftercare program on a part-time basis once a week or less, and outside of New York City this is still the practice. In addition to the rehospitalization of a third of convalescent patients, about a third of the admissions to our public psychiatric hospitals were readmissions. During the 1959 fiscal year in New York State alone these two groups totaled almost 13,000. This sizable identified group of patients presents an immediate challenge for prevention and warrants every effort to rehabilitate as many of them as possible.
Subject Area
Psychology|Health care management
Recommended Citation
Sammons, Owen L, "Psychiatric Day Hospitals: A Study of the Brooklyn Day Hospital Program Within the New York State Aftercare Clinics, 1961" (1961). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31096996.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31096996
