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A cohort of 729 chronically mentally ill patients receiving community support services (CSS) were followed over a nine-month period. Receiving needed community support services was shown to predict change in client functioning as measured by the Global Assessment Scale (GAS) even after the initial values on the GAS, as well as demographic, psychiatric, residential and medication maintenance variables were considered. Adequacy of social support from family, friends and others also contributed to predicting change in global functioning of the CSS patients.
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Baker, F., Jodrey, D., Intagliata, J. et al. Community support services and functioning of the seriously mentally ill. Community Ment Health J 29, 321–331 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00761030
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