Mental Health Centers Construction Act Extension, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare ... 90-1, on H.R. 6431, April 4, 5, 1967 |
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The fact is that we have inspired here a revolution in mental health activities
across the country . Old and unrewarding attitudes toward mental health needs
are changing , and they are being restructured in communities and States across
the ...
The fact is that we have inspired here a revolution in mental health activities
across the country . Old and unrewarding attitudes toward mental health needs
are changing , and they are being restructured in communities and States across
the ...
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Mr. Chairman , I have lived through the era of the snakepits and no one is more
pleased with the fact that we are improving our State hospitals and that through
increased personnel and drugs we have succeeded in reducing our State mental
...
Mr. Chairman , I have lived through the era of the snakepits and no one is more
pleased with the fact that we are improving our State hospitals and that through
increased personnel and drugs we have succeeded in reducing our State mental
...
Page 87
It is a striking fact that about 500 community general hospitals in our country now
have psychiatric departments which admit and treat about 400,000 patients a
year , about twice as many as are admitted to public mental hospitals . Many
other ...
It is a striking fact that about 500 community general hospitals in our country now
have psychiatric departments which admit and treat about 400,000 patients a
year , about twice as many as are admitted to public mental hospitals . Many
other ...
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Over the first three or four years there was a rapid increase in the I.Q. and
performance level of the experimental group , while the control group remained
unchanged - in fact , the experimental group improved so much that they were all
placed ...
Over the first three or four years there was a rapid increase in the I.Q. and
performance level of the experimental group , while the control group remained
unchanged - in fact , the experimental group improved so much that they were all
placed ...
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As as example , he cited the fact that no college curriculum existed to prepare
students to function as full time directors of volunteers in either hospital or other
mental health settings . In the burgeoning field of industrial therapy , he noted the
...
As as example , he cited the fact that no college curriculum existed to prepare
students to function as full time directors of volunteers in either hospital or other
mental health settings . In the burgeoning field of industrial therapy , he noted the
...
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| Title | Mental Health Centers Construction Act Extension, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare ... 90-1, on H.R. 6431, April 4, 5, 1967 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Published | 1967 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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