State Mental Hospitals What Happens When They Close
The 1970s constitute the decade of decisions about state mental hospi tals! These large, monolithic, and seemingly impervious institutions are being phased out in some states and their basic purpose for exis tence is being seriously questioned in almost all others. Since 1970, hospitals have close...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1976, 1976
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1976 |
| Series: | Current Topics in Mental Health
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Perspectives in the Closing of Mental Hospitals
- 1. Introduction and an Overview of the Closing Scene
- 2. Historical Factors Affecting the Closing of State Hospitals
- 3. The Case for Closing of the Hospitals
- 4. The Case Against Closing of State Hospitals
- 5. The Alternative Care Is Not There
- II. The Impact of the Closing
- 6. The Impact of the Closing of DeWitt State Hospital
- 7. When They Closed the Doors at Modesto
- 8. The Posttransfer Fate of Relocated Patients
- 9. Community-Based Sheltered Care
- III. Issues in Community Care and the Closing of Hospitals
- 10. Some Major Issues in the Closing of the Hospitals
- 11. Moving Patients Out of Hospitals—In Whose Interest?
- 12. Is the Community Ready?
- 13. Whither the State Hospital? Issues and Trends in Mental Health Services Delivery