2001
Chronicity Reconsidered: Improving Person-Environment Fit Through a Consumer-Run Service
Chinman M, Weingarten R, Stayner D, Davidson L. Chronicity Reconsidered: Improving Person-Environment Fit Through a Consumer-Run Service. Community Mental Health Journal 2001, 37: 215-229. PMID: 11440423, DOI: 10.1023/a:1017577029956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health consumersSerious psychiatric disordersSerious mental illnessConsumer-run servicesPeer supportCommunity-based servicesLong-term careState mental hospitalSubsample of peopleAcute hospitalizationCommunity-based service systemsPsychiatric disordersMental illnessHealth consumersMental hospitalsSocial isolationChronicityPotential utilityPoor person-environment fitHospitalizationChronicHospitalIllnessCare
1996
Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, Part I: Clinical outcomes
Sledge W, Tebes J, Rakfeldt J, Davidson L, Lyons L, Druss B. Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, Part I: Clinical outcomes. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1996, 153: 1065-1073. PMID: 8678176, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.8.1065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeVoluntary patientsAcute hospital careSevere mental illnessMeasures of symptomsIndex admissionAcute hospitalizationClinical outcomesInpatient careHospital careInpatient programDay hospitalOutcome measuresPatientsRespite careMental illnessClinical feasibilityClinical servicesTreatment effectivenessCommunity residencesSocial adjustmentCrisis residenceSocial functioningCareHospitalization