Psychiatric Services

Volume 28
Number 4
April 1977

Article

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESPONSE TO TREATMENT IN COURT-REFERRED AND VOLUNTARY DRUG PATIENTS

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages241–245https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.241

THE USE OF PATIENT DATA IN MAKING POLICY DECISIONS IN A GUIDANCE CENTER

James M. Stedman

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages245–249https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.245

PATIENT-TO-PATIENT CONTACT: THE OUTPATIENT AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Page249https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.249

Being With Madness: Personality Characteristics of Three Treatment Staffs

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages267–273

The personality characteristics of the nonprofessional staff of Soteria House, an innovative residential treatment program for schizophrenics, are assessed and compared with characteristics of representative staffs from two more traditional mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.267

Length of Stay and Behavior Patterns of Hospitalized Schizophrenics

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages273–277

A behavioral observation system, which consists of a series of objectively described behavior categories and an apparatus for recording the duration and frequency of ongoing behaviors in each category, was used to study the behavior on the ward of 2l long-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.273

Role Expectations and Behaviors in a Group Home Program

Barry Rosson

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages277–280

Patients and staff participating in a group home program operated by the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, were interviewed to determine their perceptions of what constitutes acceptable behavior and how the groups functioned. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.277

Sensory Dysfunction in Adult Schizophrenia

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages280–283

The authors describe the postural abnormalities and sensory-integration deficits of process schizophrenics, or those who have had problems since childhood and who gradually slip into psychosis. A treatment program consisting of a variety of activities ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.280

The Chronic Psychiatric Patient in the Community

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages283–290https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.283

Patterns of Psychiatric Consultation in a General Hospital

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages291–294

The authors conducted a study of the rate of utilization of psychiatric consultation by various services at two general hospitals. The study found that the rehabilitation and plastic surgery services had the highest ratio of consultations to admissions. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.291

PSYCHIATRY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM: COMMENTS ON A BOOK REVIEW ON INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages295–296https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.295

LONG-TERM CARE DATA—edited by Jane H. Murnaghan, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1976, 233 pages, paperbound, price not available

John A. Talbott

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages297–298https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.297

COMMUNITY SURVIVAL FOR LONG-TERM PATIENTS—by H. Richard Lamb, M.D., and others, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1976, 188 pages, $10.95

John A. Talbott

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages297-a–298https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.297-a

DELIVERING MENTAL HEALTh SERVICES: NEEDS, PRIORITIES, AND STRATEGIES—American Psychiatric Association, 1700 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; 1975, 140 pages, $5 paperbound

Lucy D. Ozarin

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages298–299https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.298

IT CAN'T BE HOME (nine short films, color, 16 mm., 1976). Developed by divisions of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Health Resources Administration. Available to long-term-care facilities on free loan from RHR Filmedia, Inc., Suite 903, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. Available for purchase at $18.36 a film from the National Audiovisual Center, Washington, D.C. 20409

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages299–300https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.299

PETER AND ELBA: TRAVEL TRAINING OF A RETARDATE (14 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1976). Produced and distributed by Harvest Films, 309 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10016. Purchase, $100; rental, $10 per day, $40 per week

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Page300https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.300

UNTITLED 1976 (19 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1976). Produced and distributed by Jonathan Rosen, 60 Knolls Crescent, Bronx, New York 10463. Purchase, $250; rental, $25

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages300-a–300https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.300-a

TRIGGER FILMS FOR HEALTH: ALCOHOL EDUCATION (six short films on one 15-minute reel, color, 16 mm., 1975). Produced by the University of Michigan for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Available from the University of Michigan Television Center, 400 South Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103. Purchase, $100; rental, $25

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages300-b–300https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.300-b

NEWS & NOTES

Publication date: 01 April 1977

Pages307–320https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.4.307

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