PREMORBID ADJUSTMENT AND SUBSEQUENT DISCHARGE

Abstract

Hospital records were studied and ratings made as to the adequacy of premorbid social and sexual adjustment by use of the Phillips premorbid adjustment scale. Ratings of premorbid adjustment bore only a slight relationship with the ability of schizophrenic patients to remain out of the hospital on an early trial visit. The ratings of premorbid adjustment were significantly related, however, with the patient''s later hospital status, i.e., with whether a patient was in or out of the hospital some 4 to 10 years later. It was concluded that this may be a useful approach for predicting which patients are more likely to return to the community.