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stitutions, they've taken all bars off the windows, tey've. removed all the locks
the doors. And patients are admitted only a voluntary basis. "It's all part of a new concept of patient freedom; all part of a iew trend toward 'open hospitals/ " explained Dr. Thomas J. Boag, of Montreal, assistant director of the Allan Memorial Institute of Psychiatry.
"And it works!" added Dr. Boag, featured speaker here Thursday at a mental health symposium at the Louisiana Association For Mental Health headquarters. The physician said the Canadi-(
an Psychiatric association has officially endorsed the "open hospital," but the American Psychiatric Association he added has not.
Dr. Boag said at Allan Memorial Institute, which is part of Montreal's Royal Victorian hos-: pital, the average length of stay* for a mental patient is six weeks.j
"We do not choose our patients] on a selective basis," he added, "All admissions must be voluntary. We take a patient in on the1 same basis that he is admit
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| Title | Hospital stops locking doors: Canadian Institution on Voluntary Basis |
| Contact Information | John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - 433 Bolivar St. New Orleans, LA 70112 ~ Send inquiries to digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu |
| Creator |
Schoenberger, Podine |
| Subject |
Louisiana Society for Mental Health Rowland, Loyd W., Dr. |
| Call Number | 1959 p124-125 |
| Description | Newspaper clipping |
| Notes |
Includes photo |
| Publisher |
Times-Picayune |
| Date | 1959-07-31 |
| Type | Image |
| Format | TIFF |
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| Source | John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans ~ www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library |
| Language | en |
| Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSUHSC_NCC.php?CISOROOT=%2FLSUHSC_NCC |
| Coverage-Spatial | New Orleans (La.) |
| Coverage-Temporal | 1959 |
| Rights | Use is restricted to IP address of LSUHSC - New Orleans |
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