Treatment Services at a Mental Hospital in Transition
HERBERT C. SCHULBERG PH.D., M.S. HYG.1,
RALPH NOTMAN M.D.2, , and
EDWARD BOOKIN 3
1 Head, Program Research Unit, Laboratory of Community Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 58 Fenwood Road, Boston, Mass. 02115
2 Director, Mental Health Center Studies, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass
3 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Community Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
A survey of the treatment program at a large mental hospital indicated that with a redeployment of services, the number of patients uninvolved in any specific treatment was reduced by 50 percent. The change was related primarily to greater use of drugs, although verbal treatments also increased. Patient characteristics associated with treatment pattern are described.
