The planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS) was adopted by federal agencies in 1965 at the direction of President Johnson. It was intended to present decision-makers with a systematic and comprehensive comparison of the costs and benefits of ...

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Suicide Attempts in Jails: Prognostic Considerations

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages361–363

The authors studied the background and mental status of prisoners in Arizona jails who made suicide attempts during 1970, to try to define factors indicating that a prisoner is at high risk of attempting suicide. They found statistically significant ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.361

Identification of Emotional Disturbance in Patients Seen in General Medical Clinics

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages364–370

This study focuses on the extent to which physicians employed in five general-hospital clinics in Monroe County, New York, detected emotional problems among their patients. Of 1413 patients 15 years old or older seen during the reporting period, 311, or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.364

A Family-Oriented Psychiatric Clinic in a General Hospital

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages371–374

As the family is the basic unit of living, the authors believe that psychiatric treatment can be facilitated by applying knowledge of family dynamics, rather than merely of individual dynamics. A program based on that concept has been in operation for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.371

A Benefical Work Assignment for Inpatient Alcoholics

William F. Gross

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages374–375

Work assignments on geriatric and medical wards are an important part of the comprehensive rehabilitation program for alcoholic patients at the Lexington VA Hospital. The assignments enable them to increase their self-esteem and become more self-reliant. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.374

The Effects of a Paid-Work Program on Chronic and Short-Term Patients

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages376–378

Available data about the effectiveness of sheltered paid-work programs for psychiatric patients are sometimes contradictory and generally unencouraging. The study reported here attempted to determine whether the responses of patients assigned to a paid-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.376

Evaluating a Mental Health Workshop for Teachers

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages379–381

Twenty-four elementary and high school teachers in North Carolina participated in an eight-week inservice training program on mental health concepts applied to the classroom. The teachers met once weekly for two-hour sessions. Using the Minnesota Teacher ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.379

A Rehabilitation Program for Chronically Hospitalized Patients

Publication date: 01 December 1972

Pages381–383

Since it was begun in January 1970, more than 200 chronically hospitalized patients have participated in the Woodward House Re-entry Project, a comprehensive and highly structured rehabilitation program. One hundred and twenty of them are currently ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.23.12.381