Conventional wisdom views state psychiatric hospitals as a problem as much as a solution
in the fight against mental illness. The legacy of the historic shortcomings of these hospitals …

What will be the future of public mental hospitals as community mental health center
programs expand? The authors suggest that their emerging role lies in joining the …

This paper discussed the changing role of state psychiatric hospitals within the mental
health system. Important factors included state demographics, the education and training of …

This technical report is advocacy for state psychiatric hospitals to be a vital part of the
continuum of recovery services that should be integrated with a robust set of community …

JULY 1962 the Eastern Shore State Hospital, Cambridge, Maryland, had to face more than
the usual lroblems in developing a comprehensive, cornmunity-oriented mental health …

The authors emphasize that the future of state mental hospitals should be considered only in
the context of a unified system of care and treatment of the mentally ill. They discuss …

Community mental health centers are subject to a number of pressures that will affect the
way centers operate in the years ahead. These influences include a reduction infederal …

In the face of the Massachusetts Governor's attempts to close one of the state's four
remaining state hospitals, Massachusetts legislators overrode the Governor's veto of funding …

On the basis of experience in San Francisco, the authors believe that the community mental
health center offers a viable alternative to state hospital care for the mentally ill and is able to …

Once a specialized acute‐care hospital, the Massachusetts Mental Health Center now
provides comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation, and supervised housing programs that …