Emotional adjustment of psychiatric patients following their unexpected discharge due to war: Short- and long-term effects.

Reports that at 1-mo follow-up none of the ex-patients had been rehospitalized; at 10-mo follow-up 4 had been rehospitalized, and 28% of the 30 Ss were receiving chemotherapy. Ratings at both follow-ups suggested mild to moderate emotional stress. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)