Sudipto Chatterjee|Vikram Patel|Achira Chatterjee|Helen A. Weiss
Evaluation of a community-based rehabilitation model for chronic schizophrenia in rural India
Latrobe Regional Hospital
community services majority estimated 10 million persons schizophrenia india communitybased rehabilitation cbr model care widely used physical disabilities resourcepoor settingsto compare cbr outpatient care opc schizophrenia resourcepoor setting indiaa longitudinal study outcome patients chronic schizophrenia contrasted cbr opc outcome measures assessed using positive negative symptom scale modified disability assessment schedule 12 monthsaltogether 207 participants entered study 127 cbr group 80 opc group among 117 fully compliant participants cbr model effective reducing disability especially men within cbr group compliant participants significantly better outcomes compared partially compliant noncomplaint participants p0001 although subjects cbr group socially disadvantaged significantly better retention treatmentthe cbr model feasible model care chronic schizophrenia resourcepoor settings