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 …

The author reviews the status of the state mental hospital and the chronic mental patient
within the psychiatric service system and then examines the hospital's evolution from a …

Objectives This analytical review is intended to update the author's earlier writings on the
position of the state mental hospital within the spectrum of services for long-term mental …

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 …

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 …

Contends that although recent developments in mental health care have reduced the
population of state mental hospitals, they can still perform useful functions. Their ability to …

The author examines some of the social, legislative, and therapeutic developments of the
past 25 years, particularly trends that arose in the 1960s, that have influenced the way in …

The new state mental hospitals in the community Page 1 Serious problems result when the
community alternatives to state hospitalization, often driven by lower costs and an ideology …

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