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New problems in changing state psychiatric hospitals

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This paper discussed the changing role of state psychiatric hospitals within the mental health system. Important factors included state demographics, the education and training of psychiatric residents, and the revolutionary changes taking place within the medical care system in America. The author emphasized the importance of viewing specific approaches to system problems from a total mental health system perspective.

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  1. The North Charles Hospital, Johns Hopkins Health System, North Charles and 28th Streets, 21218, Baltimore, Maryland

    Stanley R. Platman M.D., M.A. (Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs)

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  1. Stanley R. Platman M.D., M.A.
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This paper is a revised version of a keynote address presented at the Conference on Improving Florida's Services for the Mentally Ill: The Role of Psychiatry, held in Tallahassee, Florida, on October 7–8, 1987. This conference was organized by the Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, and sponsored by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services through the Committee on Public Psychiatry.

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Platman, S.R. New problems in changing state psychiatric hospitals. Psych Quart 59, 103–112 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065099

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