The effectiveness of day hospital treatment

A review

Bibliographic Data

ID14601751
AuthorsIra S Moscowitz (University of South Florida, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume8
Issue2
Pages155-164
Publication date1980-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6629(198004)8:2<155::aid-jcop2290080210>3.0.co;2-x
PMID10297740
OpenAlexW2058113716
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited40

Variability between day hospital programs in goals of treatment, administrative affiliation, staff, patients, and treatment modalities make generalizations concerning the effectiveness of treatment difficult, if not impossible. However, the available reports of evaluation of day hospital effectiveness suggest that such treatment is comparable to both inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment in effecting symptomatic and social change and these effects may be more long-lasting than those obtained in the more traditional treatment settings. Moreover, day hospital treatment may, probably because it provides an alternative to hospitalization, reduce the likelihood of hospitalization following discharge from treatment.

Day hospital · Day treatment · Hospital admission · Intensive care medicine · Mental health · Modalities · Partial hospitalization · Psychiatry · Treatment effect · Treatment modality · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Surgery

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