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- Title
PALA: An Alternative to Psychiatric Hospitalisation and the Medical Model.
- Authors
Allen, Gerard
- Abstract
The article discusses an alternative to psychiatric hospitals in Australia. The author presents the system of dealing with mental illness in Australia as one in which people are admitted to psychiatric hospitals and treated with medications by psychiatrists and psychologists who are deemed "dispassionate observers." As an alternative to this, the organization Pala, has taken a humanistic approach to mental health by setting up communal living houses for people with various mental and emotional disabilities, with a focus on persons suffering from schizophrenia.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; MENTAL illness treatment; PSYCHIATRIC hospital patients; PSYCHIATRIC hospitals; MENTAL health services; SCHIZOPHRENIA treatment; GROUP homes for people with intellectual disabilities; HUMANISTIC psychology; SERVICES for people with mental illness; HOUSING for people with mental illness
- Publication
Social Alternatives, 1978, Vol 1, Issue 2, p14
- ISSN
0155-0306
- Publication type
Article