Patients' Socioeconomic Characteristics and Release from a Mental Hospital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2205074 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erwin L Linn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1959 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 280-286 |
| Publication date | 1959-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/222688 |
| OpenAlex | W1971911089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Associations of socioeconomic factors with the probability of release within the first year of hospitalization during a period of extensive use of drugs were compared with associations for the prior period. Characteristics such as marital status, race, sex, job stability, and church attendance were found to be associated less in the later period. Characteristics such as whether or not female patients had friends or male patients had military service and were under thirty-five years of age were found to be associated more in the later period. Interpretation of these changes is made on the basis of institutional change since the inception of drug therapy. No meaningful associations between the characteristics studies and the probability of rehospitalization were found
Attendance · Church attendance · Environmental health · Geography · Marital status · Military service · Period (music) · Population · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1964 - 1967 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |