Predicting psychiatric rehabilitation outcome using demographic characteristics: A replication.

Abstract

A replication was undertaken of a recent study conducted by Buell and Anthony which had found that recidivism and posthospital employment each could be predicted by a single demographic variable, number of previous hospitalizations and employment history, respectively. Using multiple linear regression analyses the results of the replication were consistent with the findings of the original study for posthospital employment but not for recidivism. Based on this replication and Lorei and Gurel's recent study, the usefulness of attempting to predict recidivism from demographic data must be questioned.

Organising for work: A job clinic for people with mental health needs

“…The best predictor of whether someone gained work was the length of time employed prior to their contact with the team, a finding which is consistent with the literature (Anthony & Buell, 1974;W atts & Bennett, 1977). W hen nonattenders were excluded the proportion of those in work rose to 30% during the clinics first 15 m onths of operation.…”

“…However, Floyd & North (1986) have pointed to different success rates for such schemes across nations. This backs up the well-established finding that previous employm ent record is the m ost significant factor in determining whether form er patients find work (Anthony & Buell, 1974;W atts & Bennett, 1977). In Britain the sheltered work scheme was established to offer an opportunity to m ake the transition to open employment.…”

An information system for clinical recording, administrative decision making, evaluation, and research

“…The exact information that should be collected is an empirical question but the criterion for inclusion is that the variable is empirically related to treatment outcome. For example, research has demonstrated that recidivism is related to past history of hospitalization (Anthony & Buell, 1974;Miller & Willer, 1976;Rosenblatt & Mayer, 1974) and the social adjustment of the patient (Miller & Willer, 1976).…”

The Social Context of Vocational Rehabilitation for Ex-psychiatric Patients

“…Despite the fact that all these authors present evidence demonstrating that employers hire far fewer ex-patients in practice than they say they will when discussing it in the abstract, they believe that those who fail to get jobs are essentially unemployable. In backing up this argument they point to the fact that ‘¿ previous employment record' is widely recognised to be the most significant variable in determining whether cx patients find work (Olshansky et a!, 1958(Olshansky et a!, , 1960Unterberger, 1959;Lipton eta!, 1963;Monck, 1963;Ritchie, 1963;Husni-Palacios et a!, 1966;Sturm & Lipton, 1967;Heilman, 1968;Parks, 1973;Lorei & Gurel, 1973;Gunn, 1974;Anthony & Buell, 1974;Watts & Bennett, 1977;Mezquita-Blanco, 1984;Marrone et a!, 1984). The implication is that those individuals who remain unemployed are not being discriminated against unfairly but in reality are, and were before their@illness,very poor work prospects.…”