Psychiatric Services
- Volume 32
- Number 6
- June 1981
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages387–392Psychiatry's status as a medical discipline stems in large part from its adherence to the medical model. The controversy over whether psychiatry should adhere to the medical model epitomizes the crisis of identify the profession faces. To clarify the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.387Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages393–397The patients' rights activist has power without clinical responsibility. Major problems can result when power is wielded by people who lack an appreciation of the clinical complexities of work with the severely mentally ill. The patients' rights movement ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.393Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages398–401The results of a correlational analysis of the relationship between monthly state unemployment statistics and admissions to eight Missouri Department of Mental Health facilities are presented. Over a period of 100 months, readmissions, rather than new ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.398Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages401–404Psychiatric aides play a vital role in providing daily care for the mentally ill. Yet despite their importance in the mental health system, little research has been done into the selection, hiring, training, and retention of aides. In the first phase of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.401Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages405–408In this study, a conceptual model of the factors influencing the admissions process was tested in two state psychiatric hospitals. The factors included in the model fell into four categories: characteristics of patients, characteristics of admitting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.405Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages409–413The outcome for 70 chronic psychiatric patients who had completed a clerical training program at a state hospital rehabilitation center was examined after they had spent some time in the community. Successful completion of the program was found to be the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.409Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages413–416Although community mental health centers appear to have a mandate to serve mentally retarded children, adults, and their families, there is little evidence that adequate treatment actually is being provided. In a survey of the CMHCs in the state of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.413Publication date: 01 June 1981
Pages417–419In an adult outpatient department of a hospital serving a severely disadvantaged population, coffee groups have become an effective means of treating chronic, treatment-resistant patients and reinforcing their compliance with medication regimens. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.32.6.417Past Issues
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