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PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A CONTROLLED MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM : September 1953-February 1954

BENJAMIN H. BALSER, FRED BROWN, MINERVA L. BROWN, EDWARD D. JOSEPH, and DONALD K. PHILLIPSAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 112, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.199

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1. A control mental health workshop was set up in a public school system. A volunteer group of teachers and the administrative group of principals, assistant principals and heads of departments were separately exposed to 15-week 1 ½hour seminars on mental health under the guidance of a qualified psychiatrist.

2. A control group was set up matching teachers as to age, sex, duration of service, and grade taught; also a control group of administrators from a neighboring community.

3. All 4 groups were given the same battery of psychological tests before and after the seminars.

4. Studies of the psychological test responses show that although there were statistically significant changes for the experimental group, these were also found in the control group.

5. It should be noted that if the pre-and posttesting of the experimental groups were evaluated without control groups the results could have been interpreted as excellent.

6. Further control studies are projected with varying size groups, different instructors, different methods of selecting participants, and varying the content of the lecture and discussion material.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 112 • Number 3 • September 1955

Pages: 199 - 205

PubMed: 13258876

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Published in print: September 1955

Published online: 1 April 2006

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BENJAMIN H. BALSER

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FRED BROWN

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MINERVA L. BROWN

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EDWARD D. JOSEPH

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DONALD K. PHILLIPS

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The Dept. of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

Adjunct Professor of Psychology, New York University, Washington Square College.

Superintendent of Schools, New Rochelle, N. Y.

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PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A CONTROLLED MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM : September 1953-February 1954

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