TY - JOUR
T1 - Community discharge of patients with schizophrenia
T2 - A Japanese experience
AU - Noda, Fumitaka
AU - Clark, Campbell
AU - Terada, Hisako
AU - Hayashi, Naoki
AU - Maeda, Keiko
AU - Sato, Mikiko
AU - Ito, Keiko
AU - Kitanaka, Junko
AU - Asai, Takeshi
AU - Nishimura, Takashi
AU - Kushigami, Kenji
AU - Okada, Kazushi
AU - Taniguchi, Yosuke
AU - Mantani, Tomoyuki
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - In Japan, admission to a psychiatric facility for people with schizophrenia is usually for life. We developed a rehabilitation program aimed at discharging these patients into the Tokyo community. This paper describes the results for the 224 patients. Using an inpatient ward at the Tokyo Musashino Hospital, patients were enrolled in the program and subsequently discharged into the community with an assigned worker. The results indicate for the majority (79%) re-integration into the community was successful. The success of this program in a metropolitan city like Tokyo argues for the efficacy of such programs.
AB - In Japan, admission to a psychiatric facility for people with schizophrenia is usually for life. We developed a rehabilitation program aimed at discharging these patients into the Tokyo community. This paper describes the results for the 224 patients. Using an inpatient ward at the Tokyo Musashino Hospital, patients were enrolled in the program and subsequently discharged into the community with an assigned worker. The results indicate for the majority (79%) re-integration into the community was successful. The success of this program in a metropolitan city like Tokyo argues for the efficacy of such programs.
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U2 - 10.2975/28.2004.143.149
DO - 10.2975/28.2004.143.149
M3 - Article
C2 - 15605750
AN - SCOPUS:9344258588
SN - 1095-158X
VL - 28
SP - 143
EP - 149
JO - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
JF - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
IS - 2
ER -
