Abstract
The rehabilitation of the long-stay inpatients, especially those suffered from schizophrenia, in the mental hospital is extremely difficult. For years, we made an effort to set up the treatment system which can be named as“living therapy” (≅ total push) . And in the stage of the recovering we aimed at the rehabilitation to the neighboring district through the occupational therapy that included the ways such as“day hospital”and“night hospital”. We applied the technique of group therapy for the phase control of mental disturbed before and after discharge, and thus we expected to find and treat the recurrence of the disease as early as possible, and if circumstances required, to rehospitalize the discharged for the purpose of rest smoothly. As the result, among the inpatients, who stayed more or less than ten years, many have become to be able to rehabilitate almost completely.
Of course, we do not think that all the problems about the long-stay inpatient are solved by our methods, however, we are happy to report that some patients who had been deserted by being regarded as unable to be discharged, could rehabiltate successfully through our practice.
