Ledwidge Et Al Compared the Post-Release Adjustment of 47 Involuntary

question 67

Multiple Choice

Ledwidge et al compared the post-release adjustment of 47 involuntary patients from British Columbia who were released after review with 47 patients released by their attending physicians. Which of the following was not one of the findings?

• A) Patients who were released after review showed significantly better social re-integration than did the patients released by their physicians.
• B) The adjustment of both groups was rather poor.
• C) Almost half of patients in the study were readmitted to the hospital, regardless of how they were released.
• D) Most patients continued to have serious problems with employment, regardless of how they were released.
• E) Irrespective of how they were released, few patients engaged in suicidal or violent behaviour after release.

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