Psychiatric Services

Volume 28
Number 2
February 1977

Article

A PILOT STUDY TO EVALUATE VISITING NURSES' SERVICES TO CHRONIC PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages97–101https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.97

REGRESSION AMONG THE ELDERLY AFTER AN INTERRUPTION IN THEIR THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages101–105https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.101

Who Gets Aftercare? A Study of Patients Discharged From State Hospitals in Kentucky

Stuart A. Kirk

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages109–114

A cohort of 579 patients discharged from state mental hospitals in Kentucky during a one-year period was studied to determine the amount and nature of aftercare services provided to them. A total of 319 received some form of aftercare from community ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.109

Community Aftercare of Patients Discharged From Utah State Hospital: A Follow-up Study

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages114–118

To find out whether patients discharged from mental hospitals to the community are following recommended courses of aftercare treatment, the authors, with the assistance of five medical students, studied a sample of patients discharged from Utah State ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.114

Aftercare of Psychiatric Patients and Its Relation to Rehospitalization

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages118–121

In their study of the effects of posthospital treatment on psychiatric patients the authors found that those who entered aftercare were rehospitalized less often than those who did not. They found the rehospitalization rate was higher for schizophrenic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.118

Transitional Care: A New Approach to Aftercare

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages122–124

The transitional-care program incorporates the principles of behavior modification and group and family therapy in order to help recently discharged psychiatric patients maintain the positive changes that occurred in the hospital. Patients meet for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.122

Pharmacological Aftercare for Homogeneous Groups of Patients

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages125–127

In a study to evaluate the effectiveness of specific pharmacological treatment groups, former VA inpatients who have similar diagnoses and respond satisfactorily to drug treatment join a Prolixin group, a lithium group, or an affective disorder group. In ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.125

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Black Psychiatric Patients in a Private General Hospital

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages128–132

A study of 419 first admissions to a private general hospital psychiatric inpatient unit showed that only 8.8 per cent were blacks, while 23 per cent of the population in the community were blacks. When compared to white patients, blacks were much less ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.128

A Remotivation Institute at Philadelphia State Hospital

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages133–135https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.133

The Future of Patient-Worker Programs Without Federal Wage Controls

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages135–137https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.135

USING HOSPITAL STAFF TO PROVIDE AFTERCARE FOR DISCHARGED PATIENTS

Frank H. Bennett

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Page138https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.138

SOME IMPRESSIONS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS' AMBIVALENCE TOWARD TESTS

Stephen I. Abramowitz

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages139–140https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.139

JUSTIFICATION FOR WORKSHOP ON HOSPITAL GROUNDS QUESTIONED

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Page140https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.140

FURTHER EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY—edited by Berton H. Kaplan, Ph.D., Robert N. Wilson, Ph.D., and Alexander H. Leighton, M.D.; Basic Books, New York City, 1976, 420 pages, $20

Matthew P. Dumont

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages141–142https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.141

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR FOR EFFECTIVE POLICE WORK—by Harold E. Russell and Allan Beigel; Basic Books, New York City, 1976, 303 pages, $13.95

Herbert C. Modlin

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Page142https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.142

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR LAWYERS AND PSYCHIATRISTS—by Robert L. Sadoff, M.D.; Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1975, 251 pages, $14.50

Louis E. Kopolow

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages142-a–143https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.142-a

READINGS IN LAW AND PSYCHIATRY, revised edition—edited by Richard C. Allen, J.D., Elyce Zenoff Ferster, J.D., and Jesse G. Rubin, M.D.; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 828 pages, $22.50

Michael L. Perlin

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages143–144https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.143

DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE (26 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1975). Distributed by Document Associates, 880 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Purchase, $325; rental, $40

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Page144https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.144

JANE (seven minutes, color, 16 mm., 1976). Directed and distributed by Jonathan Rosen, 60 Knolls Crescent, Bronx, New York 10463. Purchase, $75; rental, $15

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages144-a–144https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.144-a

THE EDGE OF ADOLESCENCE (17 minutes, colon, 16 mm., 1976). Distributed by Paramount-Oxford Films, 1136 North Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, California 90039. Purchase, $240; rental, $25

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages144-b–144https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.144-b

NEWS & NOTES

Publication date: 01 February 1977

Pages149–157https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.2.149

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