Psychiatric Services
- Volume 25
- Number 11
- November 1974
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages719–723Understanding the impact of change on an organization requires measuring various aspects of the organizational climate or environment. In a study at a psychiwric hospital in Maine, the authors developed a model for measuring organizational climate after ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.719Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages724–725One characteristic of the flat, open system of management is that the chief executive officer is easily accessible to staff at all levels. As a result some staff members may by pass their immediate supervisor and take work-related problems directly to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.724Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages726–729The author suggests that menial health facilities unable to afford long-term programs of organization development, such as those used by industry, can benefit by brief OD consultation directed at small units or specific problems. He discusses the origins ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.726Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages730–733The behavior of professional staff at two psychiatric hospitals in transition was observed for several months. Both were university-associated hospitals that had served selected patients through traditional structures, values, and operations. One hospital ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.730Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages733–735A group of psychiatrists in private practice who also provide services for inpatients of a private psychiatric hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, tested and adopied an eight-day week. In conjunction with hospital social workers they form teams that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.733Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages735–739The authors point out that mental health delivery systems lose potential effectiveness because of the gap between research and application, a gap that is likely to become even wider as knowledge becomes more compartmentalized. They propose the creation of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.735Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages740–742From 1967 to 1970 the Hahnemann Community Mental Health Center had a highly centralized service delivery system. In November 1970, in response to problems caused by centralization, the emergency and outpatient services were disbanded and staff members ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.740Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages742–744Two psychiatric workers and a chaplain established a voluntary, three-week, therapeutic community program for heroin users in their Vietnam unit, intended for users who were psychologically stable. The program was a failure, apparently partly because the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.11.742Publication date: 01 November 1974
Pages767–768The Product information section is intended to acquaint readers with equipment and services that may be useful in their programs. Descriptions are based on information supplied by the manufacturers, who invite you to use the postage-paid card below to ...
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