The Treatment System
HAROLD M. VISOTSKY M.D.1
1 Director, Illinois Department of Mental Health, 160 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill. 60601
The author describes the principal forms of treatment offered in various kinds of psychiatric facilities in the U.S.S.R., many of which are similar to those employed in the U.S. He was particularly struck with the emphasis on workshops and on community contacts as providing the link leading to early discharge, and with the air of optimism pervading the treatment milieu.
