Table 2.
Clinical Variables of Our Sample
| Variables | Sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male N=136 (45%) |
Female N=164 (55%) |
Total N=300 (100%) |
|
| Treatment in other community services, n (%) | |||
| No treatment in other community services | 100 (74%) | 118 (71%) | 218 (73%) |
| Substance Abuse Service | 4 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 6 (2%) |
| Social Service | 19 (14%) | 25 (15%) | 44 (15%) |
| Clinical Psychology Service | 10 (7%) | 18 (11%) | 28 (9%) |
| Others or more than one service | 3 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (1%) |
| Psychiatric diagnoses (ICD-9-CM), n (%) | |||
| Schizophrenia and other psychosis | 59 (43%) | 43 (26%) | 102 (34%) |
| Bipolar disorders | 23 (17%) | 43 (26%) | 66 (22%) |
| Neurotic disorders (Dysthymia and anxiety disorders) | 15 (11%) | 27 (16%) | 42 (14%) |
| Personality disorders | 20 (15%) | 31 (19%) | 51 (17%) |
| Alcohol and/or drug induced mental disorders | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (1%) |
| Adjustment reactions | 11 (8%) | 11 (7%) | 22 (7%) |
| Others | 6 (5%) | 8 (5%) | 14 (5%) |
| Organic comorbidity, n (%) | |||
| Absent | 79 (58%) | 84 (51%) | 163 (54%) |
| Present | 56 (41%) | 79 (48%) | 135 (45%) |
| Not ascertainable | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (1%) |
| Period of treatment in CMHC, n (%) | |||
| < 1 year | 25 (18%) | 27 (16%) | 52 (18%) |
| 1-10 years | 55 (40%) | 60 (37%) | 115 (38%) |
| >10 years | 50 (37%) | 71 (43%) | 121 (40%) |
| Not ascertainable | 6 (5%) | 6 (4%) | 12 (4%) |
| Psychiatric hospitalizations from illness onset, mean±standard deviation | |||
| Number | 1.49±3.83 | 1.95±4.43 | 1.74±4.17 |
| Psychiatric hospitalizations in the previous year, n (%) | |||
| 1 or more than one | 19 (14%) | 27 (16%) | 46 (15%) |
| None | 114 (84%) | 134 (82%) | 248 (83%) |
| Not ascertainable | 3 (2%) | 3 (2%) | 6 (2%) |