TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Hospital discharge status and long-term outcome for patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and unipolar affective disorder
JO  - Archives of general psychiatry
A1  - McGlashan, T. H.
A1  - Heinssen, R. K.
SP  - 363
EP  - 368
VL  - 45
IS  - 4
N2  - The prognosis of self-discharged inpatients has seldom been studied, especially by diagnosis, and is frequently assumed to be poor. This study evaluated the long-term (15-year average) outcome of inpatients discharged with medical advice (WMA), against medical advice (AMA), or by transfer for patients with schizophrenia (N = 113), schizoaffective disorder (N = 46), borderline personality disorder (N = 63), and unipolar affective disorder (N = 33) from a follow-up study. Results showed that outcome among discharge cohorts varied considerably depending on diagnostic category. Within each diagnostic cohort, outcome of transferred patients was poorest. The outcome of AMA-discharged patients was poorer than the outcome of patients discharged with medical advice only in the unipolar cohort, except that AMA discharge in schizoaffective patients correlated significantly with suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-990X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -