Resocialization is the objective of rehabilitation in work, resettlement to live outside the hospital, and reabsorption in the community. Two important aids in achieving rehabilitation in schizophrenics are the phenothiazine drugs and the introduction of industrial works in hospitals. (Editor/SB)

Discussed is the consultation of mental health professionals with nonprofessional mental health workers for the purpose of presenting several dimensions of this process and attempting to define what the consultant should be like and what he should do to work effectively with nonprofessional consultees. (Author/BY(

Discusses the Chicano way of barrio life in relation to mental health services. (MB)

This report describes the expansion of the Primary Mental Health Project, an experimental demonstration program for early detection and prevention of ineffective school function, the nature of the new program, and problems encountered. (Author)

Services are surveyed and found to be inadequate. A plan is outlined for the development of such services based upon the use of indigenous therapists for individual and group psychotherapy, the modification of etiological beliefs, and an emphasis upon primary prevention. The outcome would be services specifically adapted to the culture,…

Reprinted from The Lancet, August 1969. (JJ)

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The 1975 predictions made by William Rhodes concerning the mental health system are critiqued. It is suggested that Rhodes' predictions represent a utopian view and that he underestimated both the power of conservative social stability and the social reality on which the stability is based. (SEW)

Makes general observations about youth services in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Specific reference is made to nontraditional outpatient, youth advisory services attempting to reach youth alienated from traditional mental health services. (Author/RH)

Describes the implementation of a collaborative discharge planning program for a chronic psychiatric population. Emphasizes the importance of good communication between patient and professionals. Presents a case example. Findings suggest more substantial involvement of patients in after-care programs is needed. (Author/JAC)

Discusses a study undertaken to assess student evaluations of a behavior analyst program at Bowling Green State University. Analysis of survey data from students who had completed the program since 1973 indicates that students are generally very supportive of the program and that many of them continue to participate in the mental health field. (DB)

Data indicate that practice by unqualified personnel, financial exploitation, and sexual exploitation are the most frequent types of misconduct by mental health practitioners. Solutions to these problems lie in the areas of regulation, education of counselors-in-training, and education of consumers of mental health services. (Author)

The paper describes a four-year research effort aimed at developing preventive educational interventions for children with behavior problems in inner city schools. The implications of switching the emphasis from early secondary to primary preventive programs are discussed. (Author)

Mentally ill patients engaging in art activities were seen to recover from their illnesses faster than those not so engaged. An art therapy profession has grown as the result of this observation and incorporates a variety of theoretical orientations ranging from highly educational to highly nondirective and analytic. (JD)