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J K Morrison

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PubMed1978

The client as consumer and evaluator of community mental health services.

Discussion of ethical issues which concern community psychologists and other mental health professionals has generated new emphasis on the psychiatric client as consumer. In light of the studies questioning the efficacy and ethics of various clinical procedures, it would seem that the client-consumer is being asked to accept treatment which is often less than desirable. In light of recent trends to safeguard the rights of the client-consumer, it is now appropriate to focus on the client as evaluator of services contracted. Having clients evaluate clinical services finds its logical fruition in the creation of client advisory boards. Avoiding many of the problems of citizen mental health advisory boards, client boards ensure continued and systematic client evaluation of community mental health services. The accomplishments of one client board are offered as evidence that there should be increased emphasis on the consumer as evaluator.

Community Mental Health Services↗
PubMed1978

Increased clinic awareness and attitudes of independence through client advisory board membership.

In order to determine the effect of client advisory board membership on clients' awareness of a clinic, and on client attitudes of independence, the responses of 13 board members were compared with those of 13 matched controls on two self-report measures (Clinic Recognition Test, Client Independence Questionnaire) before and after 3-month periods. Analysis of the results indicated that, whereas the responses of controls did not significantly change on the Client Independence Questionnaire, the responses of board members indicated a significant increase in attitudes of independence. And, even though both board members and control clients significantly increased their awareness of clinic and staff over 3 months, the awareness of the broad members was significantly greater than that of the control clients.

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PubMed1977

Increase of positive self-attributions by means of demythologizing seminars.

In an attempt to change attitudes toward mental illness, as well as to increase positive self-attributions, 37 community residents were presented a series of "demythologizing" seminars. As predicted, the data indicated that seminar participants significantly changed their attitudes in the direction of an antimedical model position, and these attitudes remained stable on a 3-month posttest. After the seminars, participants also changed remained stable on follow-up. Implications of these results for clinical and community psychology were discussed.

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PubMed1977

The effect of newspaper publicity on a mental health center's community visibility.

A community mental health center conducted a street survey to determine the community visibility of its facility and service. Following newspaper publicity about the center, another sample was taken which indicated the publicity had significantly increased the community's awareness of the center. Six weeks later the community was again surveyed and results indicated that the publicity effect on visibility was generally quite stable. It is concluded that centers with low visibility in the community can drastically increase that visibility through use of the media.

Awareness↗
PubMed1977

Emotive-reconstruction psychotherapy: a short-term cognitive approach.

Emotive-Reconstructive Therapy, a recently developed therapeutic modality deriving from cognitive theory, may be a promising short-term approach to psychopathology. Combining the use of imagery with selective hyperventilation, a therapist induces patients to reexperience past events, and subsequently to radically reconstrue themselves and significant others in a personally satisfying direction.

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PubMed1977

The mental health administrator and evaluation.

The administrator is responsible for ensuring that evaluation is an integral part of mental health programs. To do this, several important factors such as staff resistance must be considered.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1976

Demythologizing mental patients' attitudes toward mental illness: an empirical study.

In an attempt to change the medical model attitudes of psychiatric patients in a direction more congruent with the radical psychosocial approach of their clinicians, an experimental group of 13 outpatients was exposed to a series of demythologizing seminars. As predicted, when compared to the attitudes of nontreatment controls (N = 13), on posttest and on a three month follow-up, results indicated that only the patients receiving the demythologizing seminars reported significant and stable attitude changes in the expected direction.

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PubMed1976

The attitudes of nursing students and others about mental illness.

Student nurses tend to report somewhat moderate attitudes toward mental illness in that they appear to be less radical than psychology students, but less conservative than teacher-students in education. The student nurses' attitudes are similar to those of psychiatric residents, but more radical than psychiatric nurses.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗