TREATMENT OUTCOME IN ???PROCESS??? AND ???NON-PROCESS??? SCHIZOPHRENICS TREATED BY ???A??? AND ???B??? TYPES OF THERAPISTS

Abstract

A sample of patients hospitalized during a 10-year period at The Phipps Psychiatric Clinic was divided into 2 groups: "process" schizophrenics (expected to have a poor prognosis) or "non-process" schizophrenics (expected to have a favorable prognosis). Four- to 14-year follow-ups were then obtained. It was also determined whether the patients were treated by "A" therapists, expected to do well with schizophrenics, or "B" therapists, expected to do less well. Treatment with or without insulin was also considered. The results showed both short- and long-term outcome in schizophrenic illness to be far more dependent on the total clinical status of the patient when he came for treatment than on the type of therapist who treated him (as determined by the Strong Test).