title: Voting pattern of mental patients in a community state hospital.
abstract: The voting pattern of mental patients in a community-based state hospital was studied. Patients were polled on the New York City mayoralty race. A comparison to the vote of the general population revealed that the hospital sample vote resembled most closely the election results of the hospital district. The results highlight the advantage of community-centered mental health facilities, which undertake the treatment and rehabilitation of mental patients under conditions that maintain ties with family and community.
authors.affiliation: Bronx State Hospital, N.Y.C..
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Grossman