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Published Online: December 1972

The Effects of a Paid-Work Program on Chronic and Short-Term Patients

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Available data about the effectiveness of sheltered paid-work programs for psychiatric patients are sometimes contradictory and generally unencouraging. The study reported here attempted to determine whether the responses of patients assigned to a paid-work program and to a control program would vary with length of previous hospitalization. The findings suggest that short-term patients should be given preference in assignment to paid-work programs.

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Pages: 376 - 378

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Published in print: December 1972
Published online: 7 October 2014

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Veterans Administration Hospital St. Cloud, Minnesota
Social Work Service Veterans Administration Hospital Fargo, North Dakota

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