Closed Ranks in microcosm: Pitfalls of a training experience in community consultation

Gilbert Berken; Carl Eisdorfer

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Closed Ranks in microcosm: Pitfalls of a training experience in community consultation

Gilbert Berken, Carl Eisdorfer

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

The process involved in the rejection of an individual or an entire mental health team from a community is a matter of importance to mental health professionals. The authors attempt to compare the experiences of a resident taking an elective in community consultation and the process of failure related by the Cummingses in Closed Ranks. The usefulness of clinical "post-mortem" sessions by colleagues within the program is emphasized as a means of analyzing a potential crisis and provides an opportunity to assess prevailing community attitudes. Selected operational hypotheses are presented to assist in preventing program failures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	101-109
Number of pages	9
Journal	Community Mental Health Journal
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434655
State	Published - Apr 1970

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Berken, G., & Eisdorfer, C. (1970). Closed Ranks in microcosm: Pitfalls of a training experience in community consultation. Community Mental Health Journal, 6(2), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434655

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