Abstract
Asylum to Community: the Develop- into "a plan eventually to provide the community with a mental health ser- ment of the Mental Hygiene Service vice based on community planning in- in Victoria, Australia. Dax, E. Cun- stead of restitutions " " " . " ingham. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1961. It is in three main parts. The first ANY social workers, particularly in contains a short summary of the early Melbourne, will be familiar in M history of Victoria's mental health...
Asylum to Community: the Develop- into "a plan eventually to provide the community with a mental health ser- ment of the Mental Hygiene Service vice based on community planning in- in Victoria, Australia. Dax, E. Cun- stead of restitutions " " " . " ingham. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1961. It is in three main parts. The first ANY social workers, particularly in contains a short summary of the early Melbourne, will be familiar in M history of Victoria's mental health ser- broad outline with the story of which vices, a brief reference to the enquiry this book gives the details. It is an and report by an eminent British psy- account of the growth of the Victorian chiatrist which formed the basis for Mental Hygiene Department from 1951 their re-organisation, and a summary to 1962, written, at the request of the of their main deficiencies in 1952 when World Federation for Mental Health, Dr. Dax was brought out from England by the man who as head of the Depart- to assume the senior position in the ment during a decade of remarkable newly created Victorian Mental Hygiene changes can fairly claim the credit for Authority. Then follow four sections them.
Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis
Published: Jun 1, 1962
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