Characterizing patients reporting unchanged or worsened mental health symptoms after completing a partial hospital program: A mixed-methods study.

Research is needed to better understand and characterize individuals who do not benefit from evidence-based psychiatric services or whose symptoms worsen following treatment. This study aimed to compare clinical severity at admission, treatment outcomes, treatment beliefs, and satisfaction with care among patients ( = 5,129) with perceived improved, unchanged, or worsened mental health at discharge from a partial hospital program. Chi-square tests, one-way analyses of variances (ANOVAs), analyses of covariances (ANCOVAs), and qualitative analyses were used to probe study aims.