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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 31
  • Number 9
  • September 1980

Article

Publication date: 01 September 1980

Pages610–613

The Mental Health Association was founded in 1909 as a citizen advocate organization for the mentally ill. Today it embraces more than a million members in nearly 850 chapters nationwide and conducts numerous programs designed to prevent mental illness, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.9.610

Publication date: 01 September 1980

Pages614–617

Litigation has been a successful strategy in securing rights for the mentally ill. After early victories, however, limits of litigation began to emerge; implementation of court orders raised many policy questions. The translation of broad rights into ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.9.614

Publication date: 01 September 1980

Pages623–627

To delineate the role of a general hospital emergency ward in the treatment of deinstitutionalized patients, the author analyzed the demographic and clinical characteristics of a systematic sample of 663 patients appearing for emergency ward treatment ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.9.623

Publication date: 01 September 1980

Pages628–630

A two-day training workshop for mental health center staff on preventing or dealing with patients' assaultive behavior included a values clarification exercise, a discussion of guidelines for preventing assaultive behavior, and practice of defense and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.9.628

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