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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 31
  • Number 8
  • August 1980

Article

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages535–542

In the treatment of mental disorders, the 1970s was a decade of increasing refinement and specificity of existing treatments. There was increasing focus on the negative effects of various treatments, such as deinstitutionalization, and a stronger ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.535

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages543–547

A common problem in clinical practice with cases of intrafamilial violence is incomplete assessments and, therefore, treatment interventions based on incomplete data. The problem is not surprising since the literature in the field is complex, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.543

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages547–551

Because there are few training programs for dealing with violence in families, clinicians often do not understand the phenomenon and have few coping strategies. As a companion piece to the preceding article, the author describes five stages of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.547

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages551–554

Although elderly people have a higher incidence of mental disorders than other age groups, few programs have been developed to meet their mental health needs. The author describes the work of, and his role as consultant to, the Council for Jewish Elderly ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.551

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages555–557

The successful merger of a crisis clinic with an adult outpatient clinic suggests that the traditional splitting of crisis and outpatient care in American psychiatry may not be optimal. In the combined clinic more patients were seen, staff time was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.555

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages558–562

Concepts of crisis intervention and community psychiatry have greatly increased the importance of the emergency room rotation in a psychiatric residency program. Many of the techniques most appropriate to the emergency room are contrary to those taught in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.558

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages563–566

Participants in a long-term sheltered workshop program were followed up to determine their present status, their degree of symptom impairment, and their assessment of the program. The author found the rate of clients' return to work greatly exceeded the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.563

Publication date: 01 August 1980

Pages567–569

A study of four referral procedures involving 400 patients discharged consecutively from a geographically distant state hospital and referred to a community mental health center for aftercare suggests that simple changes in hospital discharge systems can ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.8.567

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