St. Elizabeths Hospital: Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First[-second] Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 |
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Page 358 - Here, more than in any other area, "an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.
Page 20 - Hospital, and its objects shall be the most humane care and enlightened curative treatment of the insane of the Army and Navy of the United States and of the District of Columbia.
Page 778 - If the court or jury finds that the person is mentally ill and, because of that illness, is likely to injure himself or other persons if allowed to remain at liberty...
Page 361 - These centers will focus community resources and provide better community facilities for all aspects of mental health care. Prevention as well as treatment will be a major activity. Located in the patient's own environment and community, the center would make possible a better understanding of his needs, a more cordial atmosphere for his recovery, and a continuum of treatment.
Page 359 - When carried out, reliance on the cold mercy of custodial isolation will be supplanted by the open warmth of community concern and capability. Emphasis on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation will be substituted for a desultory interest in confining patients in an institution to wither away.
Page 363 - A National Program to Combat Mental Retardation Mental retardation stems from many causes. It can result from mongolism, birth injury or infection, or any of a host of conditions that cause a faulty or arrested development of intelligence to such an extent that the individual's ability to learn and to adapt to the demands of society is impaired.
Page 359 - I propose a national mental health program to assist in the inauguration of a wholly new emphasis and approach to care for the mentally ill. This approach relies primarily upon the new knowledge and new drugs acquired and developed in recent years which make it possible for most of the mentally ill to be successfully and quickly treated in their own communities and returned to a useful place in society.
Page 772 - The court's duty to explore alternatives in such a case as this is related also to the obligation of the state to bear the burden of exploration of possible alternatives an indigent cannot bear.
Page 17 - Numbered 3 of 1967, is hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all powers and functions granted to or imposed upon the Appointed Council by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967 and any other powers possessed by the Appointed Council on the effective date of this Act are hereby transferred to the Council, and all powers and functions granted to or imposed upon the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Appointed Council by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967 and any other powers...
Page 358 - For prevention is far more desirable for all concerned. It is far more economical and it is far more likely to be successful. Prevention will require both selected specific programs directed especially at known causes, and the general strengthening of our fundamental community, social welfare, and educational programs which can do much to eliminate or correct the harsh environmental conditions which often are associated with mental retardation and mental illness.