The two resources that I found that discussed mental health long term outcome studies were;
The first resource that was found for this assignment is :
1)Harding, C. M. (2015, April). Lessons We Have Learned from Longitudinal Research About What Promotes Recovery from Psychosis. Lecture presented at Yale-Symposium, New Haven.
http://www.mentalhealthexcellence.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Courtenay-Harding_Yale-Symposium-April-2015-C-version.pdf
This article discusses the results of 11 Modern Long-term studies, that have shown that ½ to 2/3 of individuals with serious mental illness/ disabilities that were studied have had their symptoms and mental illness significantly improved over time, which was …show more content…
M., Ph.D, Brook, G. W., M.D, Ashikaga, T., Ph.D, Strauss,, J. S., M.D., & Breier, A., M.D. (1987, June). The Vermont Longitudinal Study of Persons With Severe Mental Illness, II: Long-Term Outcome of Subjects Who Retrospectively Met DSM-III Criteria for Schizophrenia. American Journal Of Psychiatry, 727-735. Retrieved from http://psychrights.org/research/Digest/Chronicity/vermont2.pdf This article discusses, a follow-up study of 118 patients from Vermont State hospital who were diagnosed with schizophrenia. The people in study, were observed over a period time (32 years)by researchers using the scientific method (double blinded study). The results show that more than half the people in the study that were diagnosis with Schizophrenia showed improvement. This was in fact different than what the DSM-III had predicted, which was poor outcomes for individuals who suffer from schizophrenia.
2. In one paragraph summarize how the research presented in both the provided and additional resource or reference demonstrates the possibility of