Quality of life and social functioning of former long-stay psychiatric patients transferred into the community: a 10 year follow up study

ConclusionThis study demonstrated that transfer into the community from an institutional environment was associated with long-term improvements in quality of life and social functioning, even in those who spent many years in the institution. Those who demonstrated the greatest improvement in QoL had less social behavioural problems at baseline assessment, providing further evidence of the success of community living for former long-stay patients.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research