Affiliation:
1. University of Michigan
2. Boston University
Abstract
The relationship between community mental health ideology and the evaluation of community adjustment for 54 formerly hospitalized individuals was assessed. The results suggested that, while chronic patients discharged into the community have the capacity to adhere to community mental health ideology, such beliefs were significantly related to their evaluation of post-hospital adjustment. Moreover, how a client felt about this adaptation accounted for 39.4% of the variance. A significant ( r = .29) but weak relation was found between the community mental health ideology scores of the clients and their therapists.