Psychiatric Services
- Volume 27
- Number 8
- August 1976
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1976
Pages561–566The director, one other professional, and one paraprofessional in 515 community mental health centers and 193 state hospitals throughout the United States were asked to rate 57 critical issues in mental health services as to their importance now andfive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.8.561Publication date: 01 August 1976
Pages566–571The effectiveness of the design of the inpatient and day patient areas of a community mental health center was evaluated in 1969, soon after the center was opened, and again in 1 974. The focal area is a large, irregularly shaped communal space; it opens ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.8.566Publication date: 01 August 1976
Pages572–574Twenty adolescent girls whose records showed poor academic performance and frequent truancies and ref errals to the guidance office were selected to participate in a pilot project to provide a peer-group experience for students having difficulty at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.8.572Publication date: 01 August 1976
Pages574–576The author reviews literature relating to the use of activities in the treatment of chronic schizophrenia, citing several programs that combined activities and psychotherapy to produce effective modes of treatment. He also describes a program in which he ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.27.8.574Publication date: 01 August 1976
Pages582–584A patient wit/s cancerfrequently experiences significant stress in adjusting to his disease, The authors feel that cancer patients who are receiving physical care in a general hospital may benefit from psychiatric techniques used regularly by mental ...
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