The Use of Patient Education in a Prison Mental Health Treatment Program.

Melville, Charles; Brown, Calvin

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ERIC Number: EJ367098

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Use of Patient Education in a Prison Mental Health Treatment Program.

Melville, Charles; Brown, Calvin

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, v12 n1 p131-40 Fall-Win 1987

Presented four-hour multimedia workshop for 31 schizophrenic prison inmates to help them understand schizophrenia and its treatment. Comparison of pretest and posttest showed highly significant increase in knowledge about symptoms of schizophrenia, causes, and treatment. (Author)

Descriptors: Correctional Education, Mental Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment, Patient Education, Prisoners, Schizophrenia, Workshops

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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