Evaluating a conjoint psychiatric-medical inpatient unit--a one year follow-up study of depressed patients
Withersty, D.J.; Shemo, J.P.; Waldman, R.H.; Stevenson, J.M.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 41(5): 156-158
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 7372576 Document Number: 156268
In an effort to evaluate a new Conjoint Psychiatric-Medical Unit, depressed patients treated on the service are compared with depressed patients treated on the same unit when it was a psychiatric service. Recidivism, return to responsibilities, and patient satisfaction are the parameters that are compared, and no significant differences are noted. These findings would suggest that the new Inpatient Service appears to be an effective treatment modality for depressed patients.