Gaining leeway: activities in an open psychiatric institution.
"Gaining Leeway : Activities in an Open Psychiatric Institution" describes the philosophy and instructional work of the Activities Department at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge , Massachusetts. The paper also discusses some of the limitations and problems of the department in this particular environment. Goals of both the hospital and the patients are cited, as well as some discussion of the importance of creative expressiveness and competence as agents of change in restoring mental health.
D001155:Art Therapy; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006756:Hospital Shops; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts