Decision versus policy in crises intervention |
| |
Authors: | Frederick L Newman Jere Chapman Elizabeth Deegan William Wescott |
| |
Institution: | (1) Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health, Pennsylvania, USA;(2) University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA;(3) Lancaster County Drug and Alcohol Program, Lancaster, USA;(4) Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Pennsylvania, USA |
| |
Abstract: | The paper describes procedures for contrasting actions taken by crises intervention outreach workers and consumers with administrative policies. The data used to exemplify the procedures came from the outreach projects of six county MH/MR programs in Central Pennsylvania during the year following the flood caused by Hurricane Agnes, in 1972. The procedure identifies and counts the ways through which consumers entered the outreach process; the major outreach worker decision; and the immediate disposition of each consumer's case. The six county MH/MR program administrators were asked to consider program policies and show how they would ideally expect 1,000 hypothetical consumers to come into, to be processed through, and to be referred out of their respective outreach programs. Contrasts of the ideal and actual consumer data, along with consumer follow-up questionnaires, provided the basis for evaluating the six county MH/MR program outreach projects. These experiences provided the basis for a generalized model of evaluating crises intervention activities. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|