Psychiatric Services
- Volume 24
- Number 12
- December 1973
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages819–824In light of the current conflicts and ambiguity in the mental health field, the author proposes a new catalytic force or school called Critical Psychiatry. It will formulate and implement policy and pinpoint obstacles to the development of rational mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.12.819Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages825–829After 17 years of extensive USC in treating the psychoses, antipsychotic agents are still inappropriately prescribed by psychiatrists and other physicians. To help remedy the situation, the author has compiled a set of clearly defined principles of drug ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.12.825Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages829–833The author believes an open-door policy cannot provide adequately for the treatment needs of all psychiatric patients. Previous research at Bronx State Hospital showed that large numbers of patients discharge themselves by walking out, and that this group ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.12.829Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages834–837A community child guidance center shifted from individual evaluation and long-term psychotherapy for children and their parents to brief family-and group-oriented modalities. As a result, the center experienced an increase in requests for direct services ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.12.834Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages837–838To alleviate problems encountered by both patient and staff when one individual is moved from a mental hospital to a nursing home, the Northville (Mich.) State Hospital transferred a group of 30 patients from the same rehabilitation program. The hospital ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.12.837Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages839–841Twenty-three paraprofessional drug counselors are employed in a hospital drug abuse program operating on the theory that an individual who has resolved his problem can serve as a role model for others with the same problem. The author describes the roles ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.12.839Publication date: 01 December 1973
Pages842–843A social work consultant from a community mental health center developed a social service department in a small rural general hospital. Many hospital staff members resisted the idea initially, but after taking part in orientation and training sessions and ...
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