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In the mid 1970s, I developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to private-practice care of the chronically mentally ill in Cleveland, Ohio. My experience with this approach since that time is detailed here in the hope that it will stimulate other private psychiatrists to consider the professional and financial rewards that may accrue from working with chronically mentally ill individuals. It is well known that the chronically mentally ill have been underserved in the mental health system. Private psychiatrists have often contributed to this situation by making themselves unavailable or too expensive, or by not offering services that could competently serve this population. Some private practitioners have unrealistically expected patients themselves to assume responsibility for compliance with treatment. Thus, psychiatrists-whose training should have educated them better-often participate in the general culture's deeply rooted prejudice against, and stigmatization of, this group of patients. The problems in treating these individuals are real. The chronically mentally ill often miss appointments and behave in bizarre, disheartening, and threatening ways. They may be physi

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Author

Daniel A. Deutschman

Publisher

Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Jossey-Bass Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0193-9416)

Published

1989

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)