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Louisiana has moved from a rank of 48th among the states in treatment of mentally ill to a rank "nationally near the top" as a result of an improved program. Dr. Robert G. Heath, chairman of Tulane university's department of psychiatry, told the state hospital board Wednesday vast improvements have been made in the state in care ot the mentally ill. /
Also, Dr. ["William P. Hurder, associate ffixector for mental health for the Southern regional education board at Atlanta, Ga., said Louisiana's program is "outstanding, and a model for other states/*
He said, "As far as money is concerned, Louisiana ranks among the top ten in" the 50 states.
STUDY URGED "But more important, Louisiana is far out in front when it comes to the way this money is being used.
"A group of Latin American countries is planning to make a study of inter-nation co-operation in education, and I have urged them to make a thorough study of Louisiana for the best in mental training.'*
He said the close co-operation between the state hospitals and the universities was the "important element In the success of the entire undertaking" in Louisiana.
Dr. Heath outlined development and achievements of a co-operative program between the Tulane medical schools and the state hospital department at East Louisiana State hospital in Jackson.
Several years ago, explained Dr. Heath, a "unique, far-sighted, in some ways, daring plan" was launched by Louisiana to meet the challenge of the mentally ill.
PLAN EFFECTIVE
"My findings concerning developments at the East Louisi ana State hospital at Jacksor suggest that the plan has beer most effective.'*
The plan called for more intensive treatment, with up-to-date methods, which would rehabilitate more patients baci into society, and, through the more rapid turn-over, reduce the overall cost per patient.
An important phase of the program was a co-operative effort between the university and the hospital department in the training of badly needed personnel to treat patients.
Another important part of the program was more intensive research, in an effort to devise
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| Title | Care of mental cases lauded |
| 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 |
| Subject |
Mental health |
| Call Number | 1961 p27-28 |
| Description | Newspaper clipping |
| Publisher |
Times-Picayune |
| Date | 1961-03-15 |
| Type | Image |
| Format | TIFF |
| Identifier | See 'reference url' on the navigational bars. |
| Source | John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans ~ http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library |
| Language | En |
| Relation | http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/LSUHSC_NCC |
| Coverage-Spatial |
New Orleans (La.) |
| Coverage-Temporal | 1961 |
| Rights | Use is restricted to IP address of LSUHSC - New Orleans |
| Object File Name | index.cpd |
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