State Mental Hospitals What Happens When They Close

State Mental Hospitals What Happens When They Close / edited by Paul Ahmed.

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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ahmed, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1976.
Edition:1st ed. 1976.
Series:Current Topics in Mental Health
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
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.

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