American Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 October 1967

In this progress report on the community mental health centers program, the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health reviews existing patterns of support, community organization, staffing, and practice in the 256 centers funded during the past ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

Community mental health has sturdy empirical bases in past public health experience and current health needs. Its application should be both controversial and highly rewarding in contributing to knowledge of social dynamics. An adaptation of general ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

Adult psychiatric clinics are frequently inefficient in the utilization of personnel. The "team" approach is of little value to the psychiatrist treating a patient; it is rarely used in private practice. Clinic growth spells diminished help to the ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

The nation's investment in community mental health requires not only that significant numbers of specialists be trained but also that all mental health professionals acquire some basic skills in the theory and method of this field. The authors describe ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

A geographic unit in a large state hospital began a community-oriented program without significant increases in money or personnel. This was done by the alteration of many of the traditional staff functions and concentration on a patient-centered program. ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

The community mental health center model with its varied direct clinical services becomes a white elephant when applied to rural states and areas. The model does not fulfill the mental health needs of the people—of meeting them where they live and serving ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

After reviewing emergency services in general hospitals, the authors conclude that only a few of them have innovative, community-oriented emergency programs; most seem to follow traditional practices. The authors suggest that we recognize that large ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

From the point of view of community mental health, the critical aspect of the acute psychiatric admission to a general hospital service lies in the opportunity to establish a needed treatment relationship during the brief interval the patient (who is ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

This report concerns the variables influencing whether a patient showed up for his first psychotherapy appointment, dropped out of therapy, or completed treatment. As single variables, race, sex, age, socioeconomic status, marital status, psychiatric ...

Publication date: 01 October 1967

The West Philadelphia Mental Health Consortium was developed as a partnership of six hospitals which expect to provide mental health services to a large catchment area. With the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School ...