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Industrial psychiatry for the employer of last resort

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The Federal Government may find itself in the position of hiring large numbers of hard-core unemployed individuals. This will entail a major crisis for agencies accustomed to traditional personnel practices. A program of mental health consultation with concerns for the individual and the social system in which he works may be of help. An example of such a program in a federal agency is described.

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  1. Matthew P. Dumont M.D. (Assistant Commissioner for Drug Rehabilitation)

    Present address: The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, USA

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    1. Matthew P. Dumont M.D.
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    He was formerly Chief of the Center for Studies of Metropolitan Problems of the NIMH and Psychiatric Consultant to the N.I.H.

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    Dumont, M.P. Industrial psychiatry for the employer of last resort. Community Ment Health J 6, 411–417 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434861

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