Psychiatric Services

Volume 29
Number 9
September 1978

Article

30th Institute on Hospital & Community Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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THE ROLE OF A HALFWAY HOUSE IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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THE IMPACT OF A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL CRISIS UNIT ON ADMISSIONS AND USE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages569–570https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.569

A SIX-MONTH STUDY OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING PATIENTS AT A STATE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

Vytautas Damijonaitis

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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A Conceptual Approach to Deinstitutionalization

Leona L. Bachrach

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages573–578

Many serious problems in deinstitutionalization result from conceptual oversights or confusion. Understanding deinstitutionalization as a process and a philosophy, as well as a fact, permits planning that will accommodate the variety of patient ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.573

Effects of Community Mental Health Services on State Hospital Admissions: A Clinical-Demographic Study

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages578–583

In a study to refine the methodology for evaluatitig the impact of community mental health centers on state hospital admissions, data were gathered on hospital patients' demographic and clinical characteristics as well as on total admission rates. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.578

Aftercare for Psychiatric Patients: Does It Prevent Rehospitalization?

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages584–587

Focusing on a sample of 421 patients who made from one to 65 visits to an aftercare clinic, the authors replicated and extended an investigation of the effectiveness of psychiatric aftercare for patients discharged from hospital settings. A total of 167 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.584

A Study of Former Patients Placed in Private Proprietary Homes

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages587–589

The authors report on a study of 1999 residents of 26 private proprietary homes for adults in the metropolitan New York City area; 76 per cent of the residents were former psychiatric inpatients. The former patients were compared with the other residents ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.587

Congregate Living for the Mentally III: Patients as Tenants

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages590–593

The authors describe an apartment-living project for chronic mental patients released from the Hillside Division of the Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center. The apartments, which are rented by the hospital and sublet to the patients, are located in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.590

A Positive Look at Boarding Homes

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages593–595

The authors report on a project in Philadelphia in which boarding homes were successfully used to house former state hospital patients in a warm and therapeutic environment. The program was established jointly by the Jefferson Community Mental Health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.593

Placing the Mentally Retarded: Where Shall They Live?

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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Society v. the Mentally Ill: Exploring the Roots of Prejudice

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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A National Survey of Ways to Improve Relations With the Community

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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SOME POINTERS ON MORE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS

Walter E. Barton

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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REDIAGNOSING SCHIZOPHRENIA AS AFFECTIVE ILLNESS: IS THE PENDULUM SWINGING TOO FAR?

Joseph A. Flaherty

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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CHOOSING A TEAM LEADER: THE DIALOGUE CONTINUES

Roberto R. San Luis

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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THE CONTINUITY AGENT: ANOTHER NEW WORKER IS NOT THE ANSWER

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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STATE MENTAL HOSPITALS: DEMORALIZED, FORGOTTEN?

Maxwell Jones

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF MINORITY CHILDREN—edited by Thomas Oakland, Ph.D.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1977, 241 pages, $13.50

Dorothy A. Evans

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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DISTURBED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: INNOVATIONS IN EVALUATION AND TREATMENT—by Alfred P. French, M.D.; Human Sciences Press, New York City, 1977, 333 pages, $19.95

Henry H. Work

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages612–613https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.612

CHILDREN IN TREATMENT: A PRIMER FOR BEGINNING PSYCHOTHERAPISTS—by Shirley Cooper, M.S., and Leon Wanerman, M.D.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1977, 191 pages, $10

Henry H. Work

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE—edited by Gene Usdin, M.D.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1977, 522 pages, $20

Hoyle Leigh

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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A CRY OF PAIN (15 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Distributed by Mass Media Ministries, 2116 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Purchase, $250; rental, $25

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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THE FAILING MARRIAGE (20 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Produced and distributed by Alan L. Summers, M.D., 309 South Easton Road, Glenside, Pennsylvania 19038. Purchase, $225; rental, $22.50

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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THE LAST OF LIFE (27 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1978). Distributed by Filmakers Library, 290 West End Avenue, New York, New York 10023. Purchase, $375; rental, $40

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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DYING (97 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1976). Distributed by WGBH Educational Foundation, 125 Western Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02134. Purchase, $750; rental, $108

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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PSYCHOTHERAPY (26 minutes, color, 16 mm., 1977). Distributed by Davidson Films, 165 Tunstead Avenue, San Anselmo, California 94960. Purchase, $425; rental, $40

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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HEALTH RECORDS AND CONFIDENTIALITY: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH ABSTRACTS—prepared by Robert F. Aldrich; National Commission on Confidentiality of Health Records, 1977, 76 pages. Available from the commission, Suite 504, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, for $4.95, paperbound

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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COPING WITH THE DEMANDS FOR CHANGE WITHIN HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—edited by Robert Agranoff; American Society for Public Administration, 1977, 91 pages. Available from the society, 1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, for $4, paperbound

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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MEDIA RESOURCES FOR GERONTOLOGY—Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan; 1977, 144 pages, paperbound. Available for $4 from the institute, 520 East Liberty, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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MODEL REGULATORY STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE PROPRIETARY HOMES FOR ADULTS—Nassau Division, New York State Chapter, National Association of Social Workers; 1978, 40 pages, paperbound. Limited number of single copies available free (with mailing label) from Carleton R. Reo, A.C.S.W., Box 457, Hempstead, New York 11550

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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PRIMARY PREVENTION: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME—compiled and edited by Donald C. Klein, Ph.D., and Stephen E. Goldston, Ed.D.; National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, 1977, 203 pages, paperbound. Available for $3 from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (stock no. 017-024-00635-1)

Publication date: 01 September 1978

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NEWS & NOTES

Publication date: 01 September 1978

Pages621–629https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.9.621

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