Mental Health Care in a Fleet Mental Health Support Unit.
Abstract
The present study sought to describe the patient population and service delivery at a single small Navy outpatient mental health clinic by collecting data directly from patient/clinician encounters. The total sample included 240 Navy officers and enlisted personnel and 6 Marine Corps service members seen during a 9-month period. Major findings were that most patients were referred from the base dispensary's sick call, that services provided consisted almost exclusively of evaluation and individual psychotherapy, and that a large proportion of patients seen (56.3%) received no psychiatric diagnosis. Further, the problems presented by patients seen reflected difficulties in terms of their implications for the delivery of outpatient mental health services in the Navy. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA134801
Entities
People
- R. B. Chaffee
- R. E. Bally
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center