Psychiatric Services
- Volume 25
- Number 2
- February 1974
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages77–80Missouri was one of the first states to link its mental health facilities through a computer network. It is based at the Missouri Institute of Psychiatry in St. Louis and has terminals at ten other major facilities across the state. The system is used for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.77Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages80–83The author describes the application of a computerized data system in program evaluation at Missouri mental health facilities. The system is being used for long-term monitoring of annual admission cohorts, as well as studies of monthly patient movement, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.80Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages83–85The author believes a computerized data system can be a valuable tool in establishing some of the basic knowledge now lacking about diagnosis and treatment of the mentally ill. He describes the goals of the Missouri automated Standard System of Psychiatry,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.83Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages86–89In 1972 the Minnesota state hospital system implemented a uniform system for reporting personnel costs and time, using the state payroll computer system. The print-outs give data for each of the ten state hospitals and for all combined, enabling them to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.86Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages90–92The author traces the origins of accreditation of psychiatric facilities, which includes the establishment 26 years ago of the Central inspection Board of the American Psychiatric Association. He describes the increasing role of the Joint Commission on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.90Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages92–93The author discusses some of the practical, aesthetic, and theoretical considerations in developing a brochure describing the services of a community mental health center. Dr. du Mas formerly was chief psychologist for the department of consultation, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.92Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages94–95The author describes a preventive medicine procedure used by a Teton Dakota Indian healer with a busy practice and a wide reputation. Reservation dwellers frequently consult native practitioners in preference to, or in addition to, public health clinics ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.2.94Publication date: 01 February 1974
Pages96–102The American Academy of Child Psychiatry held its 20th annual meeting October 19-21, 1973, in Washington, D.C., with approximately 800 of the 1100 members attending. Scientific papers focused on therapeutic issues, clinical aspects of care, and special ...
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