Abstract
Readmission and criminal conviction data were obtained for 60 men who had been released from a maximum security psychiatric hospital for an average of 39 months. Twenty of the men had been readmitted to the security hospital or been convicted of an offense during that time. Men who had been found unfit to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity before their admission were less likely to get into difficulty upon release than men who had been admitted for other reasons. Patients who got into trouble after their release were more likely to be diagnosed as personality disordered and to be under 31 years of age upon release. A number of other variables were also related to postdischarge adjustment.
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