Demographic and clinical variables associated with continuation in treatment at a community mental health center
✍ Scribed by Diane T. Marsh; Lucy M. Zabarenko; Nancy L. Stoughton; Anne R. Miller
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4392
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✦ Synopsis
Two hundred patients who chose to continue in treatment at a community mental health center were compared with 200 patients who chose to discontinue treatment after a limited number of visits. Cross-tabulations and log- linear analysis were used to assess group differences on 1 1 demographic and 8 clinical variables. Cross-tabulations provided evidence of significant group differences on 10 variables, and loglinear analysis did so for 9 variables. As a group, patients who chose not to continue in treatment tended to be younger and less dysfunctional and had less prior mental health treatment.