London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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evaluating the effect of social work help. Psychiatric social clubs The Tooting and Putney Clubs have met each week. The Tooting Club has been very lucky to find excellent new premises in the new psychiatric wing of St. George's Hospital, Tooting. For
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for Mental Health) and four at other establishments. Recuperative holidays for psychiatric patients— During the year 128 persons recovering from mild psychiatric illness were granted recuperative holidays of two to three weeks in general
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act in psychiatric emergencies, this is no longer considered the main role of Social Workers in this field. Indeed it has been clearly demonstrated that emergency work can be markedly diminished by skilful and regular field work allied to early
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themselves and their families. Admission and Discharge to Psychiatric Hospitals for the Subnormal The admission of the mentally subnormal child and young adult to psychiatric hospitals continues to present a major problem. The situation
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mentally infirm elderly. Casework At the end of the year, the total known caseload of both psychiatric patients and mentally handicapped was 1,105; 452 psychiatric patients and 563 mentally retarded patients. Social work with the mentally handicapped
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main service that the Clinic offers to the community is psychiatric treatment in depth. The major form of treatment used at the Clinic is child and family psychotherapy and casework by Psychiatric Social Workers with parents and whole families.
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psychiatric services which will alleviate, if not resolve, problems of distance, time and transport. Other Mental Health Work On the medical side, the Principal Medical Officer conducted seminars for pupil midwives in the district on 'Psychiatric
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secretary (20 hours a week) both from December, 1963, and within the first quarter of 1964 we will have two fulltime psychiatric social workers, to replace Miss Morawetz, the social worker who left in December, 1963. Contacts with other services from
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advice. With regard to the work of the psychiatric social worker, she sees each mother for an interview lasting rather over an hour, when the child is first brought to the clinic for diagnosis ; the psychiatric social worker also visits the home in
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Educational Psychologist, and both parents and child are usually seen by the Consultant Psychiatrist. Some children and their parents may then be referred for intensive psychotherapy; the child may be seen several times weekly by the Child
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been fortunate in being able to replace the two Psychiatric Social Workers and welcome Miss O'Hare and Mrs. Benjamin, who have recently started with us. Miss O'Hare is a very experienced Psychiatric Social Worker, who comes to child guidance
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terms of the equivalent number of whole-time officers Psychiatrists 2 0.82 Educational Psychologists 2 2 Psychiatric Social Workers 3 3 Others Child Psychotherapist 2 0.63 Clerk/Typist 3 3 The Psychiatrists are employed by arrangement
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retardation of 5.4 years. In five months they made an average increase of 1.9 years in Reading Age. REPORT OF PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS. The Psychiatric Social Workers are mainly concerned with interpreting the Clinic approach to the parent-child
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emergency clinic held in the Section's offices by the Senior Registrar of the Claybury admission unit, demonstrating how hospital admission can be avoided if treatment can be prescribed early enough on an out-patient basis. Having such
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of Infectious Diseases The Environment Mothers and Children Midwifery and Home Nursing Health Visiting Psychiatric Services The Old and the Handicapped Dental Services Chiropody Servi ce Home Help Service The Homeless In-Service Training
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psychiatric sessions available has continued to prove insufficient, although for large portions of the year the psychiatrist has worked the two extra sessions which the Regional Board allowed. There is a need for further psychiatric time; a further
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larger mental hospitals with their inevitable association with the old Lunacy Acts. Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinics are held regularly at Hillingdon Hospital Psychiatric Unit and at Mount Vernon Hospital. Mental Welfare Officers are frequently
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school setting. In all cases both parents as well as the child are given psychiatric interviews and in many oases they are all offered treatment; the parents with a psychiatric social worker and the child with the child psycho-therapist. Educational
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referred for community care. Of this number, 86 referrals were made directly to the Senior Psychiatric Social Worker from the following sources: Psychiatric Hospitals 34 Day Hospital 1 General Practitioners 14 Children1s Department 8 School
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BY THE PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER The work of the Psychiatric Social Worker has continued steadily throughout the year and most of the cases were referred from the Health Department, or from Goodmayes Hospital. Preventive mental health played
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work and wise counsel. Miss M.K.Sykes, Psychiatric Social Worker, started work on January 1st and for the first time for nearly two years, the Clinic had a complete staff of Psychiatrists, Psychologist and Psychiatric Social Worker. Miss
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condition is known. The problems of child and family are assessed, suitable psychiatric or social work help is offered, and a foundation laid for future planning. A Psychiatric Social Worker trained in child guidance work acts in a consulting
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arrangements with Hospital Authorities (i) Psychiatrists — 2 .80 (ii) Educational Psychologists 3 1.5 1.5 (iii) Psychiatric Social Workers 4 — 4.0 (iv) Child Psycho-Therapists (Contractual) 3 — 1.0
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avoid further stress and repeated illness. (c) Provision of continuous support for those with long-standing psychiatric illness and subnormality, often to relieve the considerable burden carried by the relatives or neighbours. (d) Recent
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need help and are seen regularly by the Staff. Our Psychiatric Social Workers are very hard pressed and could do more of this valuable advising work if they had more time. We need a third Psychiatric Social Worker to cope even with the existing work."
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enough to separate from his parents he is seen by the Educational Psychologist while the mother is seeing the Psychiatric Social Worker, and is given a series of tests, not only to assess his intellectual capacity but to gauge his attitude to learning.
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December, 1969 212 Number of Home Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 81 Educational Psychologists — Other Staff The Social Worker made 18 visits to different outside agencies. Number of School Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 6 Educational
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September, 1972 211 190 Quarter to 31st December, 1972 263 274 975 905 Number of Home Visits by Psychiatric Social Worker: 61 Number of School Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 12 Educational Psychologists No figures available The Social Workers
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arrangements agreed with the Regional Hospital Board. There is a Senior Mental Welfare Officer (a Qualified Psychiatric social worker), a Planning Officer, four Mental Welfare officers and a Welfare Assistant. Posts yet to be filled include
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appended below and the 1960 figures are given for comparison Purposes:- 1961 1960 Admitted to Psychiatric hospitals 25 21 Admitted to Psychiatric hospitals (mental illness) 5 1 Provided with short term care 16 15 Transferred from one hospital
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arrangements agreed with the Regional Hospital Board, and the Deputy and two Assistant Medical Officers of Health are approved for the purpose of the Mental Health Act. There is a Senior Mental Welfare Officer, a Planning Officer, five Mental Welfare
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year by one Mental Welfare Officer, and three Psychiatric Social Workers, has resulted in better coverage of the various clinical units of the Mental Health Service. There is now one Psychiatric Social Worker full time at the Day Hospital, and
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56 During the year 9 students, 8 of them from various Universities have visited the Croydon Psychiatric Social Service for varying periods of practical work in connection with their training courses. The calls on the Social
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the Child Guidance Centre. Staff. In 1951 there was one change in the staff of the Clinic, in that Mrs. Halmos, Psychiatric Social Worker, after six weeks' sick leave in the autumn, asked to be put on to part-time work with a view to giving up altogether
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1 full time (or 11 sessions) Psychiatrist. 1 Child Psychotherapist. 3 Psychologists. 3 Psychiatric Social Workers. 3 Clerks. At least six psychiatric sessions are necessary to get abreast of the work arising in the schools in the Ealing area
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authority services. New Developments in the Hospital Services for the Borough 1966 saw considerable expansion of psychiatric out-patient services and the position at the end of the year is summarised on the table below:— TABLE III. NUMBER OF OUT PATIENT
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December 1969 160 212 Number of Home Visitss Psychiatric Social Worker 81 Educational Psychologists - Other Staff - The Social Worker made 18 visits to different outside agencies. Number of School Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 6 Educational
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Quarter to 30th September, 1970 187 Quarter to 31st December, 1970 199 Number of Home Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 103 Number of School Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 18 Educational Psychologists No figures available The Social Worker
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September, 1972 211 190 Quarter to 31st December, "1972 263 274 975 905 Number of Home Visits by Psychiatric Social Worker: 61 Number of School Visits: Psychiatric Social Worker 12 Educational Psychologists No figures available The Social Workers
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establishment post of third psychiatric social worker has recently been created and efforts are being made to recruit a psychiatric social worker with an expressed interest in the school psychological service. Both psychiatric social workers at the
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staff of Shenley Psychiatric Hospital, general practitioners and all other social work agencies. It is frequently found that supportive visits from a mental welfare officer to patients discharged from a psychiatric hospital give much help
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Bailey as Educational Psychologist and Miss E. L. Batkin as Psychiatric Social Worker. The Psychiatrist undertakes 3 sessions weekly, whilst the Educational Psychologist and Psychiatric Social Worker are in full-time employment. Dr.
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91 joined us in September when additional psychiatric sessions were granted. Additional child therapy sessions have been authorised and we hope shortly to appoint another
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need help and are seen regularly by the Staff. Our Psychiatric Social Workers are very hard pressed and could do more of this valuable advising work if they had more time. We need a third Psychiatric Social Worker to cope even with the existing work.
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The population served by this clinic has grown from 48,440 in 1948 to 68,980 in September, 1956. Additional psychiatric social worker and psychotherapist personnel are urgently needed if we are to cope with the demands made on us. "With an increase
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Psychiatric Social Worker). Tetherdown — Dr. K. Graf (Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director); Mrs. A. Summerfield (Psychologist); Mrs. H. Benjamin and Dr. R. Azevedo (Psychotherapists); Mrs. A. Walker (full-time Psychiatric Social
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evening club now at Earlsmead School, N.15., continue to supply a wide range of social activities for their members and both are well attended, and include among their members those who go from the community, some in-patients from Claybury, Friern
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MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS 1965
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to increased incidence, but to recognition of the value of the Community Care Service. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Day Centre The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's Day Centre at Mitchley Road has proved most successful during the
