How Effective is Treatment at Four Winds Hospital?
Symptom Reduction We examined the changes in symptoms during an inpatient stay for 120 adults and 120 adolescents in the comprehensive outcome study, and all of the adults and adolescents who were treated as inpatients at Four Winds during that same year. Global clinical ratings of symptoms at admission and discharge were obtained from the clinical staff and by the research staff. Research staff and therapists also rated overall function with the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). As you can see in Figures 1 – 3, the therapist and research staff found that the patients who were treated as inpatients improved in both clinical symptoms and overall functional status during their stay. These improvements were also found for patients who had severe symptoms in the areas of depression and psychosis as well. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Maintenance of Treatment Gains For those patients who we followed up after discharge, a detailed assessment was conducted. This assessment included examina
