Psychiatric Services
- Volume 28
- Number 8
- August 1977
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1977
Pages593–597Rejecting assertions that state mental health institutions are dying, the authors describe current proposals concerning future roles of institutions and put forward two postulates as the basis for successful change. They argue that new or different roles ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.8.593Publication date: 01 August 1977
Pages598–600The authors emphasize that the future of state mental hospitals should be considered only in the context of a unified system of care and treatment of the mentally ill. They discuss changing perceptions of mental hospitals as resources for mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.8.598Publication date: 01 August 1977
Pages601–607During its six years of operation, the halfway house program of the Southern Arizona Mental Health Center has developed a well-defined set of program goals, referral procedures, staffing patterns, and procedures for operating the houses, many of which are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.8.601Publication date: 01 August 1977
Pages608–610Many chronically disabled patients need special support systems to help them meet material needs, personal-care needs, and psychosocial needs. The authors propose two guidelines that must be considered simultaneously when deciding what special support ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.8.608Publication date: 01 August 1977
Pages611–614The current trend toward providing community-based services for the mentally ill has had substantial impact on state hospital employees who transfer to community mental health centers. A study, through interviews and questionnaires, of 30 Grafton State ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.8.611Publication date: 01 August 1977
Pages615–617In 1973 a study was conducted at the Western Psychiatric Institute in Pittsburgh to assess the extent of discrimination by clinicians against chronically ill clients In establishing Initial treatment arrangements. Forty referrals (all simulated) were ...
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