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Distinguished contributors analyze the problem of homelessness from
a clinical perspective, focusing on the major health problems found
among the homeless, special populations within the homeless, and
strategies for improvement and change.
When the 13 founders of the American Psychiatric Association came
together in 1844, hospitals were small, and the administrative
aspects of a superinten dent's job were relatively minor compared
with their size and complexity today. Since the turn of the
century, administration-the art and the sci ence-has become a
specialty of great importance, particularly in big business and
government. Business recognizes fully that the success of
organizational endeavors depends to a great extent on the talents
and energies of top lead ers. As a result, industry spends huge
sums of money to train promising young executives and offers
generous salaries and benefits to entice them. Anyone who wants to
invest in a business first asks: "Who manages this organization,
and is this management competitive in today's marketplace?"
Although health is today a great industry, emphasis on the
executive role has lagged behind that in the general business
field. In mental health circles, the strong emphasis on one-to-one
therapy has delayed a full appreciation of the influence of
organization per se on patient care and treatment. Yet there 1 are
now many signs of change. The popularization of behavioral science
and the rise of social and community psychiatry have brought
organizational con siderations forward. We are increasingly
concerned with the human side of enterprise, with worker
satisfaction, group dynamics, and organizational morale. Other
flags have been unfurled.
Psychiatry has undergone a dynamic evolution in the last 40 years,
an evolution to which Dr. Louis West made many contributions.
Psychiatry today and Dr. West's career are intertwined in a mosaic
of interaction. It is therefore fitting that this compilation of
essays in honor of Dr. West is entitled The Mosaic of Contemporary
Psychiatry: Current Perspectives. The papers collectively form a
snapshot of the field of psychiatry today. Each chapter offers a
historical perspective of the topic discussed, followed by a
description of modern day issues and a look at the future of
psychiatry. This book will enhance the knowledge and technical
skills of psychiatrists as well as other clinicians in the mental
health care field.
The field of low-dimensional conductors has been very active for
more than twenty years. It has grown continuously and both the
inorganic and organic materials have remark able properties, such
as charge and spin density waves and superconductivity. The
discovery of superconductivity at high temperature in copper-based
quasi two-dimensional conducting oxides nearly ten years ago has
further enlarged the field and stimulated new research on inorganic
conductors. It was obviously impossible to cover such a broad field
in a ten day Institute and it seemed pertinent to concentrate on
inorganic conductors, excluding the high Tc superconducting oxides.
In this context, it was highly desirable to include both physics
and chemistry in the same Institute in order to tighten or in some
cases to establish links between physicists and chemists. This
Advanced Study Institute is the continuation of a series of similar
ones which have taken place every few years since 1974. 73
participants coming from 13 countries have taken part in this
School at the beautiful site of the Centre de Physique des Houches
in the Mont-Blanc mountain range. The scientific programme included
more than forty lectures and seminars, two poster sessions and ten
short talks. Several discussion sessions were organized for the
evenings, one on New Materials, one on New Topics and one on the
special problem of the Fermi and Luttinger liquids. The scientific
activity was kept high from the beginning to the end of the
Institute."
The field of low-dimensional conductors has been very active for
more than twenty years. It has grown continuously and both the
inorganic and organic materials have remark able properties, such
as charge and spin density waves and superconductivity. The
discovery of superconductivity at high temperature in copper-based
quasi two-dimensional conducting oxides nearly ten years ago has
further enlarged the field and stimulated new research on inorganic
conductors. It was obviously impossible to cover such a broad field
in a ten day Institute and it seemed pertinent to concentrate on
inorganic conductors, excluding the high Tc superconducting oxides.
In this context, it was highly desirable to include both physics
and chemistry in the same Institute in order to tighten or in some
cases to establish links between physicists and chemists. This
Advanced Study Institute is the continuation of a series of similar
ones which have taken place every few years since 1974. 73
participants coming from 13 countries have taken part in this
School at the beautiful site of the Centre de Physique des Houches
in the Mont-Blanc mountain range. The scientific programme included
more than forty lectures and seminars, two poster sessions and ten
short talks. Several discussion sessions were organized for the
evenings, one on New Materials, one on New Topics and one on the
special problem of the Fermi and Luttinger liquids. The scientific
activity was kept high from the beginning to the end of the
Institute.
When the 13 founders of the American Psychiatric Association came
together in 1844, hospitals were small, and the administrative
aspects of a superinten dent's job were relatively minor compared
with their size and complexity today. Since the turn of the
century, administration-the art and the sci ence-has become a
specialty of great importance, particularly in big business and
government. Business recognizes fully that the success of
organizational endeavors depends to a great extent on the talents
and energies of top lead ers. As a result, industry spends huge
sums of money to train promising young executives and offers
generous salaries and benefits to entice them. Anyone who wants to
invest in a business first asks: "Who manages this organization,
and is this management competitive in today's marketplace?"
Although health is today a great industry, emphasis on the
executive role has lagged behind that in the general business
field. In mental health circles, the strong emphasis on one-to-one
therapy has delayed a full appreciation of the influence of
organization per se on patient care and treatment. Yet there 1 are
now many signs of change. The popularization of behavioral science
and the rise of social and community psychiatry have brought
organizational con siderations forward. We are increasingly
concerned with the human side of enterprise, with worker
satisfaction, group dynamics, and organizational morale. Other
flags have been unfurled."
Distinguished contributors analyze the problem of homelessness from
a clinical perspective, focusing on the major health problems found
among the homeless, special populations within the homeless, and
strategies for improvement and change.
American Association For The Advancement Of Science Publication,
No. 58. Contributing Authors Include Jack R. Ewalt, Robert C. Hunt,
Harold R. Martin And Others.
American Association For The Advancement Of Science Publication,
No. 58. Contributing Authors Include Jack R. Ewalt, Robert C. Hunt,
Harold R. Martin And Others.
This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals wirh
leadership and organizational change in large institutions such as
hospitals schools, and prisons, focusing on the strategies and
tactics of decentralizing a large bureaucratic organization.
This volume developed from the December 1962 symposium of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science on human
response to the threat of impending disaster, and brings together
insights gained from more than a decade of empirical research. How
do human beings react to the threat of impending catastrophe? What
is the range of behavior in situations for which neither culture
nor personal experience has provided the individual with an
adequate repertoire of responses? This volume developed from the
December 1962 symposium of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science on human response to the threat of impending
disaster. It brings together insights gained from more than a
decade of empirical research. The focus of the work is on
individual and group responses to catastrophic situations in which
a disaster is expected but has not yet occurred. Although the
contributors represent different disciplines and deal with a
diversity of threatening situations, the work emphasizes a common
conceptual framework. The first part of the book is devoted to
theoretical perspectives which include systems theory, experimental
analogs of stress, and theories of collective behavior. Some of the
specific studies consider groups and individual responses to:
nuclear threat and disaster, space flight, natural disasters, war
and captivity, disease and death. Factors that influence individual
responses to threat, ranging from personality variables,
situational variables, group values, and cultural expectations are
discussed. Although primarily directed to the student of the
behavioral sciences concerned with reaction patterns in the
instance of extreme stress, the book will also be of interest to
organizations in civil defense, Red Cross workers, and communities
and agencies entrusted with public safety. The nonspecialist
interested in the psychology of stress or study of collective
behavior will find this a fascinating volume.
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