Psychiatric Services
- Volume 29
- Number 8
- August 1978
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages505–511Data were gathered on 199 consecutive admissions to a community mental health center in an exploratory study to compare patients', therapists', and inpatient staff's perceptions of inpatient treatment. The three groups showed little agreement on the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.505Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages512–516The authors tested 48 patients who had lived in a state psychiatric hospital for extended periods to determine their literacy levels. Measures used were the reading test portion of the Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE) and selected questions from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.512Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages516–519Chronic psychotic inpatients at the Rochester (N.Y.) Psychiatric Center participated in a normalization program in which group therapy sessions were held in parks and restaurants in the community. The only guideline given patients was that no one ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.516Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages520–522Many adolescents on inpatient units have a low self-esteem and do not recognize their own strengths. To help such patients, the San Antonio Children's Center includes in its treatment program a weekly group session in which adolescents and staff meet ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.520Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages522–524At Bryce Hospital patients whose illnesses are considered to have a biochemical basis, such as schizophrenia or manic-depressive illness, are assigned to a "responsible patient" class in which they are taught the rights and obligations of responsible ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.522Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages525–527Two private day hospitals and an insurance company offering group health coverage to federal employees undertook a pilot study to determine if providing insurance coverage for day hospitalization on the same basis as for inpatient treatment was a feasible ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.525Publication date: 01 August 1978
Pages528–533A total of 1034 complaints were received in the first 11 months after the implementation of Michigan's new system to safeguard the rights of recipients of services from state institutions. Twenty-eight per cent of the complaints resolved during that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.8.528Past Issues
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