Psychiatric Services
- Volume 30
- Number 5
- May 1979
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages321–327There is a growing demand for more patient autonomy in the doctor-patient relationship, and legal reformers believe that an expanded doctrine of informed consent is the key to change. Informed consent is meant to force the doctor to give the patient the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.321Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages327–331Data on variables often used in recidivism studies were gathered from state hospital records of 129 patients released within a two-year period to a three-county area in West Virginia. The variables were categorized as prehospital, inhospital, or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.327Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages332–334Of 367 East Asian and South Asian psychiatrists responding to a 1976 survey, 295 were identified as foreign medical graduates (FMGs) and 72 as U.S. medical graduates. Comparison of the two groups showed that the FMGs were more likely to be trained and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.332Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages334–337Two mental health catchment areas in Massachusetts that were in the process of phasing down state hospitals and building up community care provided an opportunity for studying the effectiveness of an integrated service delivery model and a nonintegrated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.334Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages338–340Believing that families are a valuable yet virtually untapped resource in treating and rehabilitating the mentally ill, the author suweyed 89 people to find out how they coped with their relative's long-term illness. Through trial and error, such families ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.338Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages341–344An evaluation study to determine whether intensive environmental interventions for individual patients help their psychotherapeutic progress was conducted at a community mental health center serving a multiethnic, inner-city catchment area with multiple ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.341Publication date: 01 May 1979
Pages344–347A private psychiatric hospital's evaluation research unit assessed consumer satisfaction with service by analyzing the content of letters written in response to an invitation to comment on the hospital experience. Respondents included relatives and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.5.344Past Issues
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