A volunteer program can become a solid, smooth functioning part of a community mental health center or other agency if it is built around the needs of both the agency and the volunteers. The author discusses the need to develop realistic job descriptions, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.143

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Project Anchor: A Study of an Unsuccessful Volunteer Program to Help Former Patients

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages146–151

The authors conducted a controlled research investigation into the effectiveness of a volunteer program at three Veterans Administration hospitals. In the program, called Project Anchor, volunteers helped mental patients being released from the hospital ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.146

Using Volunteer Therapists to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages151–153

Two aftercare programs using volunteers as therapists for former in patients have been effective in reducing hospital readmissions. The volunteer therapists ensure that patients take medications, evaluate them for decompensation, help them find housing ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.151

Development and Evaluation of a Training Program for Volunteers Working in Day Treatment

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages154–156

When staff members of a community mental health center's day treatment program for adults with emotional problems found there was not enough time for planning and meeting program goals, they considered using volunteers to help in the treatment process. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.154

Teaching Transcendental Meditation in a Psychiatric Setting

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages156–159

For two and a half years the authors have taught Transcendental Meditation (TM) to psychiatric patients at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut. They have also presented programs to hospital staff to acquaint them with the technique and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.156

The Placement of Long-Term "Criminally, Insane" Patients in Open Settings

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages160–162

Twenty long-term psychiatric patients with criminal charges against them were transferred from the Iowa Security Medical Facility to open hospitaLs and aftercare settings between 1969 and 1971. Staff prepared the patients for transfer and persuaded ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.160

Automated Evaluation of Goal-Attainment Ratings

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages163–164

At the Fort Logan Mental Health Center In Denver, an automated system for evaluating treatment effectiveness is based on a goal-attainment approach. Patients, staff, and patients' relatives or friends specify treatment goals from a standardized list of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.163

Developing a Utilization Review Model for Community Mental Hecilth Centers

Publication date: 01 March 1975

Pages165–166

During their struggles to develop a utilization review model for a community mental health center, members of an interdisciplinary committee identified several issues they believe are important in establishing such a model. They include comprehensiveness ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.3.165