George W. Fairweather

Community Life for the Mentally Ill

An Alternative to Institutional Care

Buch

In this reprint from 1969, Fairweather, who taught psychology at Michigan State U., et al. present an account of an experiment they conducted in which a group of mental patients left a hospital and started their own community in a large, metropolitan area. They discuss the medical, economic, sociological, and psychological aspects of the patients' daily lives, comparisons to hospital treatment programs, the effects of their community on the neighborhood and city, and effects on the behavior and perception of its members. The authors also review the benefits of the living situation, arguing that it had a positive outcome.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Sanders, David H. / Cressler, David L. / Maynard, Hugo

ISBN: 978-0-202-36213-7
EAN: 9780202362137
Produktnummer: 3438894
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 680 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 680

Über den Autor

George W. Fairweather was professor of psychology at Michigan State University and is author of Methods for Experimental Social Innovation and Social Psychology in Treating Mental Illness. David H. Sanders was professor of psychology and psychiatry at Michigan State University. He has also been a research associate at Stanford University. David L. Cressler and Hugo Maynard were professors of psychology at Portland State University. They have also been research associates at Stanford University.