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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 26
  • Number 6
  • June 1975

Article

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages349–353

Within the last few years several lawsuits have significantly increased both the procedural and the substantive rights of mental patients; among them are Lessard v. Schmidt, in which the court held that persons facing involuntary civil commitment are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.349

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages354–358

Legislation passed in 1972 mandated the establishment of Professional Standards Review Organizations to review the quality of medical services to beneficiaries of the Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health programs. Physicians in all 203 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.354

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages358–362

A large, multiservice community mental health center operates a utilization review program based on a three-level system of chart review by medical records personnel, a utilization review technician, and a committee of clinicians. Review Is facilitated by ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.358

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages362–365

This study examined the frequency, length, and content of staffs discussions and written reports about 90 hospitalized psychiatric patients. The reporting habits of staff on three different units of one hospital were compared. On the units where nursing ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.362

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages365–370

In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital in Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital. Treatment methods ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.365

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages371–373

A psychiatric problem-oriented medical record designed for use by multidisciplinary teams was introduced at Fairfield Hills Hospital in Newtown, Connecticut, in 1972. The need for revision in the hospital's medical record system had been pointed up by the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.371

Publication date: 01 June 1975

Pages374–377

The entry and assessment service of Harborview Community Mental Health Center, attempting to find the most suitable approach to diagnosis and assessment for its facility, developed the Behavior Analysis Report (BAR). The BAR is a five-part report written ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.26.6.374

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