" Beginning in the 1960s in the United States, scores of patients with severe psychiatric
disorders were discharged from public mental hospitals. At the same time, activists forced …

In the absence of rigorous procedures for prescribing ideal treatment facilities for the
mentally disabled, it is difficult to justify the extensive system of mental health clinics and …

The demand for mental health care is not easily estimated. A surrogate measure, utilization,
is viewed as a function of three groups of characteristics, relating to the service itself, the …

Applies clinical and research findings on adaptational behavior to the design of treatment
strategies, especially for the severely distressed individual. Topics of special relevance to …

ln my position as a full-time practitioner of psychiatry in industry, I am looking forward to a
promise held out some 50 years ago for the development of a legitimate sphere of mutual …

T26672 Page 1 T26672 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO n„, November 1 igJZ- Anthony F. Cos
to nia Author The Unit System: A Study in the Structure and Dynamics Title of Diltertation of …

Deals with issues, constraints, and barriers vis-à-vis the constructive evaluations of
community-and hospital-based mental health and mental retardation facilities. After tracing …

A high proportion of the severely mentally disabled who used to reside in hospitals Eire now
living in the cities; many have been placed there because of the availability of large old …

An examination of the administrative service delivery and community outreach :
components of three urban community mental health Page 1 University of Massachusetts …

Overview and Rationale for the Study•• LITERATURE REVIEW••••••••••••• Reactions to the
Community Psychiatry Approach.•••••••••••••• Patient Characteristics.•••••••• The Role of the …