Course of illness following specialized inpatient treatment for women withtrauma-related psychopathology

The authors report findings from repeated assessments of 101 women who rece ived intensive inpatient treatment focused on trauma-related disorders. All patients were assessed at admission and discharge, and half were reassesse d at 1-year follow-up. Measures included the Global Assessment Scale, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Brief Symptom lnventory, Role Functioning Scales , Follow-up Adjustment Scale, and Client Satisfaction Questionnaire. As a g roup, patients improved substantially during hospitalization and maintained gains at follow-tip, although they showed a trend toward relapse in some s ymptom areas. However, a substantial minority of patients continued to show severe impairment at follow-lip. In light of continual need for changes in clinical programs in the face of declining reimbursement, there is a press ing need for future outcome research on specialized trauma Programs to rela te subsequent clinical course to specific treatment interventions.