Psychiatric Services
- Volume 25
- Number 6
- June 1974
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1974
Pages375–378The author examines some of the social, legislative, and therapeutic developments of the past 25 years, particularly trends that arose in the 1960s, that have influenced the way in which mental health care is delivered today. He describes the impact on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.6.375Publication date: 01 June 1974
Pages378–380The geographic unit is one phase in the merger of hospital and community programs into one system of care. The authors describe six stages in the evolution of a mental health delivery system, starting with institutions offering acute and custodial care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.6.378Publication date: 01 June 1974
Pages381–382;Over the past 25 years Madison (Ind.) State Hospital has evolved from a facility that primarily provided long-term inpatient care into a human-services center oriented to community needs. It offers outpatient, day-care, and aftercare services, assistance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.6.381Publication date: 01 June 1974
Pages383–385A crucial issue confronting both state mental hospital administrators and planners of community mental health services is to assess the contributions the hospitals can make to a comprehensive network of services for the mentally ill. On the following ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.25.6.383Publication date: 01 June 1974
Pages403–407The authors describe a study of admissions to the Texas state hospital system from the catchment area of a community mental health center in San Antonio and from the surrounding county; the study compared geographic sources of admissions, admission rates, ...
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