Psychiatric Services

Volume 29
Number 3
March 1978

Article

MEASURING PATIENTS' OPINIONS ABOUT HOSPITALIZATION USING THE CLIENT SATISFACTION SCALE

Robert N. Glenn

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages158–161https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.158

TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN: A STUDY OF CLIENT RESPONSES TO RELEASE-OF-INFORMATION FORMS

Catherine Elkin Rosen

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages161–165https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.161

The Role of Family Therapy in Treating Physical Illness

Dennis T. Jaffe

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages169–174

The author, a family therapist, believes that family relationships, behavior patterns, and the manner of responding to stress are important causal factors in physical illness and in health. Using case examples from his own practice as well as a review of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.169

Meeting Families' Treatment Needs Through a Family Psychotherapy Center

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages175–178

A small group of mental health professionals In St. Louis established a private-practicefamily therapy center staffed by therapists of various disciplines and theoretical orientations. Families receive a comprehensive, five-phase evaluation at the end of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.175

A Study of Outpatient Satisfaction With Mental Health Center Services

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages179–181

In 1972 the authors conducted a study to determine the effect of encouraging patients to express their dissatisfaction with services received at a community mental health center in New York City. Half of the out-patients admitted to the center over a six-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.179

What Does the Patient Think? An Evaluation of a General Psychiatric Ward

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages182–184

The authors used patients' ratings of treatment effectiveness, resolution of problems, and helpfulness of various staff to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment program on a general psychiatric ward staffed mainly by nonprofessionals. The evaluation ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.182

Identifying and Meeting Clients' Needs in Six Community Mental Health Centers

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages185–188

Using an instrument called SNAPOR—Services Needed, Available, Planned, Offered, and Rendered—the authors investigated the mental health service needs of 643 clients in six community mental health centers and the adequacy with which they were met. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.185

Does Patient Satisfaction Correlate With Success?

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages188–190

The authors studied the relationship between patient satisfaction and success of treatment in a group of out-patients consecutively admitted to two community mental health centers in California in 1975. The study is based on patient ratings of their ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.188

Financing Mental Health Services for Youth: Problems and Possibilities

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages191–194https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.191

TURNING STATE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS INTO HOSPITAL-SCHOOL COMPLEXES

William F. Roth

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages195–196https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.195

THOUGHTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY: A MEANS OF KEEPING AMBIVALENCE IN CHECK

Jack Greenspan

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages196–197https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.196

ARE THEY PATIENTS OR CLIENTS? AND IS TREATMENT WORK?

Norman Q. Brill

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Page197https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.197

WHAT'S YOUR IQ? ANOTHER GAME INSTITUTIONS PLAY

Howard B. Demb

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages197-a–197https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.197-a

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT—edited by Walter E. Barton, M.D., and Charlotte J. Sanborn, B.A., A.R.T.; Heath, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1977, 191 pages, $18.50

Israel Zwerling

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages198–199https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.198

STATE MENTAL HOSPITALS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CLOSE—edited by Paul I. Ahmed, M.A., LL.B., and Stanley C. Plog, Ph.D.; Plenum, New York City, 1976, 219 pages, $19.50

Lucy D. Ozarin

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Page199https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.199

THE STREET (10 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1976). Distributed by the National Film Board of Canada, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020. Purchase, $160; rental, $20

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages199-a–200https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.199-a

DEATHBED (24 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Made and distributed by Ed Samore, Apartment 4, 519 South Duluth, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104. Purchase, $265; rental, $25

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Page200https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.200

SUICIDE AT 17 (19 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Distributed by Lawren Productions, Inc., Box 666, Mendocino, California 95460. Purchase, $270; rental, $40

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages200-a–200https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.200-a

ACTUALIZATION THROUGH ASSERTION (28 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Distributed by Research Press, Box 31774, Champaign, Illinois 61820. Purchase, $395; rental, $45

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages200-b–200https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.200-b

HOOD HOUSE (22 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Produced by Roy Ainsworth for Dr. Barnardo's Homes in England. Distributed in the U.S. by the Rehabilitation International USA Film Library, 20 West 40th Street, New York, New York 10018. Rental, $25

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages200-c–201https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.200-c

FRANCESCA, BABY (46 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Distributed by Walt Disney Educational Media Company, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521. Purchase, $545; rental, $35

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Page201https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.201

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION—edited by Raymond F. Luber, M.Div., Joseph T. Maxey, M.S.W., and Paul M. Lefkovitz, Ph.D.; Federation of Partial Hospitalization Study Groups, Inc., 1977, 121 pages. Available from Mr. Luber at 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, for $4.50, paperbound

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages201-a–201https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.201-a

MAKING THINGS HAPPEN IN COMMUNITIES: ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES—by Andrew L. Selig, R & E Research Associates, Inc., 4843 Mission Street, San Francisco, California 94112; 1977, 99 pages, $8, paperbound

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages201-b–201https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.201-b

NEWS & NOTES

Publication date: 01 March 1978

Pages205–213https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.3.205

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