This article describes highlights and findings of the 1977 National Conference in Mental Health Administration sponsored by The Staff College, National Institute of Mental Health. Over 100 invited experts from the mental health field were assembled to identify changes, trends, and developments most likely to influence mental health services in the…

The deinstitutionalization policy has excluded older people from the mental health system and has resulted in abandoning many of them. Causes of this failure are discussed. Suggestions are made for rescuing the abandoned elderly. Presented at the Gerontological Society meeting, November, 1977, San Francisco. (Author/JEL)

The Structured Learning Therapy (SLT), a type of treatment used to assist psychiatric patients to learn skills they need for effective and satisfying living in the community, is described in this article. A description of the community-based treatment facility in which SLT may be utilized and the results of the evaluation studies are also…

Calls attention to a process of social negotiation in specific contexts between the distressed person and those with whom he/she is involved that shapes the way troublesome events are progressively understood. (Author/AM)

The resident population of large mental hospitals has been reduced by two-thirds in 20 years, but chronic patients are being discharged to a lonely existence in hostile communities without adequate care. (Author/BB)

Describes the concept of "therapeutic families," a reworking of the foster family concept. Being part of a network of treatment services and an extension of the residential treatment center, it makes for shorter stays in the more intensive treatment facility. The philosophical concept and clinical plan are presented. (Author/JAC)

Compares the United States and Canada in the funding and organization of psychiatric services for the elderly. Acute hospital, medical, and nursing home services are more accessible in Canada because of universal health insurance, but in both countries, services are limited by the small number of professionals. (JAC)

Presents data on the growth of crime and violence in the United States and focuses particular attention on the victim and the experience of victimization. Calls for more research into problems that crime victims face and for more mental health services for this group. (GC)

Finds that, according to the studies discussed, regardless of whatever the setting, be it impatient or outpatient or crisis intervention, black individuals and their families are afforded different types of treatment than white individuals and their families, and that racism and selective biases account for the differences obtained. Also, black…

This Kids Count report examines issues related to children's mental health in Virginia. The report discusses the effects of children's mental illness, presents risk and protective factors, and describes the incidence of children's mental health problems. Information specific to Virginia is presented, including the prevalence of youth suicide,…

The freshman class entering the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 was studied over a four-year period to determine use of mental health services and characteristics, by sex, of four groups: students contacting the Counseling Center only, the Psychiatric Service only, both and neither. Approximately one third of the students were users,…

Psychiatric care for deprived children presents special problems if treatment is undertaken in the office of a private practitioner. An experimental program indicates the effectiveness of supportive measures made possible through special funding. (Author/ST)

Describes the type of organization known as a charrette; relates its effects to the larger social process, and examines some aspects of the technical and advisory roles of mental health consultants participating in this process, making recommendations where needed. (Author/JM)

The entire journal contains summaries of topics and papers delivered at the Annual Meeting of American Orthopsychiatry (48th, March 21-24, 1971, Washington, D.C.). Author, title, and session indexes are provided. (RD)