Psychiatric Services
- Volume 27
- Number 12
- December 1976
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages855–859If we accept the premise that adequate health care is the right ofevery individual, itfollows that the provider of health care must, as a basic right, have the opportunity and the conditions necessary to provide such care. The author defines and describes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.12.855Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages859–864About one in every six voluntary mental patients discharges himself against medical advice. But despite the high rate of AMA discharges, the authors found the literature on the subject to be sparse and oflittle help in explaining why patients leave the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.12.859Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages865–868A consecutive series of 100 male psychiatric patients who requested release against medical advice during an 11-month period was compared with a control group consisting of a random sample of 100 patients admitted during the same period who did not submit ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.12.865Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages868–871Mental health professionals are beginning to recognize that the assessment ofa patient's immediate social environment, especially the family, is essential for proper diagnosis and treatment. The authors present a compre-hensive and practical plan for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.12.868Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages872–875With the reorganization of England's social services into a single unified system, the professional called the certified qualified social worker is playing a key role in the administration and delivery ofcommunity services. The author describes some of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.12.872Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages875–877Establishing rehabilitation programs for long-term mental patients outside mental health settings can save mental health funds and further the patients' integration into the community, the author declares. He describes an approach that uses an educational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.12.875Publication date: 01 December 1976
Pages878–879In December 1972 the family psychiatric unit opened at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria for the treatment of children under age 15 with emotional disturbances or behavior problems. Each child is admitted to the unit on a predetermined date for a pre-...
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