Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Tables xi
5. Appendix Tables xvii
6. Figures xviii
7. Foreword xxiii
8. Notes on Tables and Figures xxvii
9. 1. Basic Problems and Concepts 1
10. 2. Sources and Limitations of Data 11
11. 3. State and County Mental Hospitals, 1946-66 27
12. 4. Use of Psychiatric Facilities, 1966 75
13. 5. Patterns of Use of Psychiatric Facilities in Ohio, 1950-60 89
14. 6. Patterns of Use of Psychiatric Facilities in Louisiana and Maryland, 1960 131
15. 7. Suicide 173
16. 8. Prospects for the Future 229
17. Appendix A. Relationship of Admission Rate to Resident Patient Rate 233
18. Appendix Β. Relationship of First Admission Rate To a Mental Hospital to "True" Incidence Rate 238
19. Appendix C. The Classification of Mental Disorders 240
20. Appendix D. Conversion of Terms in 1934 Classification of Mental Disorders to Those in the 1952 Revision 252
21. Appendix E. Problems of Sample Size and Sampling Variation in the Study of Patterns of Use of Psychiatric Facilities in Louisiana and Maryland, 1960 259
22. References 289
23. Index 299