Factors associated with number of treatment interviews of patients from a barrio neighborhood mental health service: A cross‐validation

Demographic and treatment variables were, for a second time, found associated with number of treatment interviews completed by lower socioeconomic patients of a barrio area neighborhood mental health service. Of the eight variables that originally differentiated patients with respect to number of in...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of community psychology 1979-04, Vol.7 (2), p.231-235
Hauptverfasser: Kahn, Marvin W., Heiman, Elliott
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Demographic and treatment variables were, for a second time, found associated with number of treatment interviews completed by lower socioeconomic patients of a barrio area neighborhood mental health service. Of the eight variables that originally differentiated patients with respect to number of interviews, six remained significant on cross-validation. The longer staying patients were characterized by: young adult age range; disrupted marital status; self-referral; using psychotropic medication; major and secondary problems of anxiety and depression.
ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1007/BF00894378