Citation

Cohen S, Khan A. Gen. Hosp. Psychiatry 1990; 12(4): 248-251.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0163-8343(90)90062-h

PMID

2376324

Abstract

We studied 35 patients meeting DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia, paranoid or undifferentiated type, chronic with acute exacerbation. All were treated in hospital, 13 on a psychiatric intensive care unit, and 22 on an open ward. The former unit is a more structured and less stimulating one. We found those patients treated on that ward to show greater improvement in BPRS ratings during the first 2 days of hospitalization compared to the open-ward group, despite similar doses of medication being utilized. Additionally, this improvement was noted to occur among BPRS items comprising a psychotic subscale.

Language: en

Keywords

Acute Disease; Adult; Combined Modality Therapy; Delusions; Female; Hallucinations; Humans; Male; Milieu Therapy; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia, Paranoid; Schizophrenic Psychology; Social Environment; Suicide; Thinking