Study In India Finds That Home Treatment For Schizophrenia More Effective Than Institutionalization

New York Times: Schizophrenics and Home Care
“Home treatment for schizophrenics overseen by local health workers is more effective than institutionalization, a recent large study in India has found. …The study, underwritten by the Wellcome Trust and published this month in The Lancet, said it was the first of its kind, and an accompanying editorial called it a ‘milestone’…” (McNeil, 3/17).

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