Since the end of World War II, psychiatrists have been moving from state hospitals to
community general hospitals in ever-increasing numbers. The general hospital is fast …

The authors report on the experiences gleaned from site visits to federally funded mental
health centers that are now in operation. Their most important findings were: the formation of …

F or a long time, state psychiatric hospitals were the mental health system. Derived from
Europe's insane asylums, psychiatric hospitals in this country began as a refuge for a mix of …

The 2002 Institute on Psychiatric Services, held October 9-13, 2002, in Chicago, drew 1,750
participants to a varied program of more than 300 lectures, symposia, workshops, debates …

While we have been making these changes, our friends have been calling out,“Obsolete!
Liquidate!” This makes the couise tougher. Solid achievement deserves support. But what …

If one needed any outside confirmation that general hospital psychiatry had indeed “come of
age” in the United States, one had only to read the August 25, 1964 issue of the Wall Street …

The state of the state mental hospital at the turn of the century Page 1 There is a core of
sewices whose specgic content variesfrom place to place that still appears to belong to the …

The state of the State Mental Hospital at the turn of the century Page 1 There is a core of
services whose specqic content varies from place to place hat still appears to belong to the …

Widespread enthusiasm for the" bold new approach" to treatment of the mentally ill
embodied in federal community mental health legislation has tended to mask uncertainty …

The experience of our private hospital in the managed care environment in Colorado in the
last decade suggests several lessons for facilities in other states that may soon face a similar …