Psychiatric care in Canada : extent and results / Alex Richman.: Z1-1961/3-1-14E-PDF
"Information on the extent and results of psychiatric care is essential for evaluation and planning. In order to obtain such information for Canada, this project was initiated by the Royal Commission on Health Services. This study gives an epidemiologic perspective. The organization of psychiatric services is discussed in the study, Trends in Psychiatric Care, by Professor D. G. McKerracher"--Preface.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Royal Commission on Health Services, issuing body. |
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| Title | Psychiatric care in Canada : extent and results / Alex Richman. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Privy Council Office]. Includes bibliographical references (Pages [443]-459). Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Appendices -- pt. I, An Introduction and Some Conclusions -- The Nature of the Problem -- pt. II, National Statistics in Psychiatric Care -- The Role of Dominion Bureau of Statistics -- Changes in Psychiatric Care and Accommodation, 1932-1960 -- Types of Psychiatric Institutions -- Patient Movement -- Admissions to Psychiatric Institutions -- Separations from Psychiatric Institutions -- Patients in Psychiatric Institutions -- The Problem of Long-Stay Patients -- Retention of Patients in Psychiatric Institutions -- Personnel, Finances, and Out-Patient Clinics -- pt. III, Hospital Care in Selected Provinces -- Trends in Ontario Provincial Hospitals for the Mentally Ill and Retarded -- First Admissions to Psychiatric Institutions, British Columbia and Saskatchewan -- Discharge and Readmission Rates for First Admissions in British Columbia and Saskatchewan -- Hospital Utilization By First Admissions in Saskatchewan -- pt. IV, Psychiatric Care and Prepaid Medical Insurance Plans -- Insurance for Psychiatric Care in Canada -- Psychiatrists' Care for Members of Medical Services Association, Vancouver, 1957-1961 -- Experience With Psychiatric Illness in Three Other Canadian Insurance Plans -- The Case-Load of Psychiatrists -- pt. V, The Extent of Psychiatric Morbidity and Care -- Psychiatric Illness in the Canadian Population -- Community Surveys of Psychiatrists' Care: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and London, Ontario -- Estimating National Requirements for Hospital Care -- Appendices -- Bibliography. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, Canada : Roger Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1966. |
| Author / Contributor | Richman, Alex, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xxviii, 459 pages) : graphs |
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| Subject terms | Mental health services -- Canada. Mentally ill -- Care -- Canada. Services de santé mentale -- Canada. Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale -- Soins -- Canada. |