An open-door policy should be an end point rather than a starting point of psychiatric hospital treatment, and should indicate that more refined and effective means of control than a locked door are in operation. The main alternatives are careful ...

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I. Issues Facing the 93rd Congress

Caesar Giolito

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages85–88

This article summarizes some of the issues facing the 93rd Congress that are relevant to the mental health field. The article following it briefly describes some of the major health legislation passed during the 92nd Congress.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.85

II. Major Bills Passed by the 92nd Congress

Caesar Giolito

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages88–89https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.88

Use of Psyctiatric Services and Insurance Coverage

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages90–93

This study examines the use of public and private psychiatric services in a seven-county area that includes Kansas City, Missouri. The first part of the study identified all persons who applied for psychiatric services during a one-year period, and all ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.90

A Crisis Telephone Service in a Nonmetropolilan Area

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages94–97

A 24-hour telephone crisis service in a city of about 35,000 people is operated during the workday by trained secretarial staff members at a mental health center and the rest of the time by trained volunteers at their homes. The authors discuss the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.94

An Effective and Self-Supporting Program of Community Living for Chronic Patients

Glenn Shean

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages97–99

Since 1969 a community living project based on the Fairweather task-group concept has been operating in Williamsburg, Virginia. Women patients at Eastern State Hospital receive special vocational training before entering a community residence and finding ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.97

Beer and Wine as incentives in a Work Therapy Program

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages99–101

This study explores the efficacy of using beer and wine as incentives for mental patients in a work therapy program. Forty-five patients in a paid-work program at Boston State Hospital were randomly divided into two major groups. One continued to attend ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.99

Symptom Severity and Day Hospital Admission

Publication date: 01 February 1973

Pages102–104

During the first and fourth months of a day hospital's operation, the authors asked physicians to rate the most severe degree of 21 symptoms that they felt could be handled by each of six treatment options, including the day hospital. The results ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.2.102