Psychiatric Referral by Community Agencies: An Evaluation of Patients Referred by Community Agencies to the Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinic of the Jacob L. Reiss Mental Health Pavilion, the St. Vincent's Hospital of the City of New York, January 1, 1959-December 31, 1959
Abstract
It is well known that there is a serious shortage of psychiatric clinics and that those that are in existence are overcrowded and understaffed. Because of this it is very important for the existing facilities to be used as efficiently and appropriately as possible. It "demands of the referring agency an attempt to select judiciously the patients to be referred, in terms of the patient's capacity to utilize help and of the clinic's capacity to render the kind of help needed." Although the social agency is only one of many sources through which patients come to the psychiatric clinic, it is an important one and is the one with which this study will be concerned.Background of the Study. The relationship between the family agency and the psychiatric clinic has been the subject of much discussion over a period of many years and there is still a great deal of confusion in many areas. This applies in particular to a large number of cases in which there is question about which type of agency function would most appropriately meet the patients' needs.
Subject Area
Multicultural Education|Mental health|Sociology
Recommended Citation
Liston, June P, "Psychiatric Referral by Community Agencies: An Evaluation of Patients Referred by Community Agencies to the Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinic of the Jacob L. Reiss Mental Health Pavilion, the St. Vincent's Hospital of the City of New York, January 1, 1959-December 31, 1959" (1961). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050563.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050563
