To determine the characteristics of staff burnout and ways of coping with it, the authors gathered data on institution-related and personal variables for 76 staff members in various mental health facilities in the San Francisco area. A correlational ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.233

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Using the Ward Atmosphere Scale to Help Change the Treatment Environment

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages238–240

The Moos Ward Atmosphere Scale was administered on a 45-bed psychiatric unit in a Veterans Administration Hospital to assess how staff, patients, and observers viewed the ward and to clarify what goals staff had and what changes they wished to make. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.238

Attitudes of Mental Health Center Staff: Changes Over a Five-Year Period

M. Basheeruddin Ahmed

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages240–242

The author compares a study of attitudes of staff toward priorities and problems in eight community mental health centers with a study five years later, using the same questionnaire, of attitudes of staff in one of the centers. Between 1968 and 1973 the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.240

Staffing Patterns and Team Composition

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages243–245

The authors describe the work of a Veterans Administration task force in developing guidelines for staffing patterns and team composition on a hospital inpatient ward. The task force first defined the objectives of treatment, and then proceeded to define ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.243

Involving Community Representatives in CMHC Evaluation and Research

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages245–247

The participation of community representatives and consumers of services in agency planning has been mandated by legislation and the subsequent regulations. However, the representatives' lack of technical knowledge and sophistication frequently makes them ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.245

Primary Prevention of Child Abuse: Focus on the Special Child

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages248–251

The authors review the literature on child abuse and present evidence demonstrating that children who are born prematurely or who are sickly or handicapped are at high risk for child abuse. The authors describe ways to identify such children and suggest a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.248

Assessing Community Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages251–253

Staff of a Veterans Administration hospital combined recruitment of family-care sponsors with an assessment of community attitudes toward mental illness. They mailed questionnaires to 989 persons in a small community 35 miles from the hospital. Most of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.251

A Program for Continuing Care: Implementation and Outcome

Publication date: 01 April 1978

Pages254–256

The authors used the records of the continuing-care program at a large public hospital in Los Angeles to determine the success of referrals for aftercare. A total of 552 patients discharged during an eight-month period were referred for continuing care; ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.4.254