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The Effect of a National Crisis on Patient Government

Maryonda E. Scher, Noel K. Volberding, Steven D. Helgerson, and Paul A. RuoffAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 25, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.9.607

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The authors describe a breakdown in patient government on the psychiatric ward of a Veterans Administration hospital following the resignation of the Vice-President of the United States. When the ward staff recognized the similarity between the ward milieu and the national situation, they proposed a series of actions, based on a philosophy of individual and collective responsibility, that quickly re-established an effective patient government.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 25 • Number 9 • September 1974

Pages: 607 - 609

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Published in print: September 1974

Published online: 7 October 2014

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Maryonda E. Scher

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Noel K. Volberding

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Steven D. Helgerson

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Paul A. Ruoff

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Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Washington

Region 10, Public Health Service, Seattle, Washington

Department of Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

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