Psychiatric Services
- Volume 24
- Number 5
- May 1973
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages317–322In an 18-hospital collaborative study, 375 chronic schizophrenics on stable maintenance doses of anti-psychotic drugs were assigned to one of four groups in which medication was withdrawn two or three days a week on varying schedules, or to one in which ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.317Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages322–325This study examined whether therapists from different mental health disciplines and with varied philosophies of treatment would differ in their perceptions of patient success or failure, and whether patient attitudes would influence their perceptions. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.322Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages326–329Police officers in a special unit designed to aid troubled children and adolescents requested mental health consultation after a series of frustrations in their attempts to refer cases to psychiatric agencies. The officers initially sought guidelines to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.326Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages330–333An increasing nunther of Puerto Ricans began appearing at Hartford area hospitals and at a local social work agency with symptoms of emotional distress. In many cases the symptoms were caused by the stresses of living on the mainland, which tended to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.330Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages334–337The authors, staff members at a community mental health center serving a large Spanish-speaking population, began using a group approach with such patients after individual treatment proved unsatisfactory. This paper describes the approach and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.334Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages337–338A high incidence of prolonged mourning was observed among Spanish-speaking patients at a California state hospital. To help patients work through their grief, the staff use a form of psychodrama in which burial rites are re-enacted. Staff ratings at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.337Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages339–340Graffiti have been found to be an effective means of promoting communication between patients and staff on the mental health unit of St. Joseph's Hospital in Chicago. Corridor and dayroom walls we lined with butcher paper, and patients and staff scribble ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.5.339Publication date: 01 May 1973
Pages341–342The author reviews and discusses the standards relating to hospital safety that were set forth in the accreditation manual of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
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