Highlight of "Psychiatric Aide Day" honoring award winners was a visit with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller at the New York State Capitol. Here the Governor congratulates Mrs. Irene S. Barnes, Utica, as Clevelen Haynes, Manhattan, Jacob Ramseur, Brooklyn, Ruth E. Jones, Willowbrook, and Commissioner Paul H. Hoch look on. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1960. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani
Future physicians have an opportunity each summer to become familiar with the state's mental institutions through the Junior Psychiatric Intern Program. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1960. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Joseph F. Feily served as the 18th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1959 until 1967. Feily improved retirement benefits for state workers and won new promotional opportunities for employees in several departments, particularly mental hygiene.
Safety of patients and employees in the Department Institutions is a 24-hour job. The 1959 program included first aid, accident and fire protection and prevention, and police activities. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1959. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
The exact determination of a patient's insensible body weight loss provided a "vital link" in studies at what was at the time a new neuroendocrinology research laboratory. From the New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1959. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani
Happy family at the (New York)State Fair get a look into the future at the department's exhibit in "Senior City." New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1959. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Volunteer programs bring the community to the hospital and sometimes vice versa. Here, the Mental Hospital Guild in Brooklyn, New York takes 350 patients out for a picnic in a city park. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1958. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Adult education for the mildly retarded at Wassaic (New York) State School stresses occupational and social skills. Training such as these girls are receiving gives the young adult a better chance of meeting the social and economic demands of the outside world upon their return to the community. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1958. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
With growing public confidence in mental hospitals, increasing numbers of patients enter voluntarily. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1958. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Through psychotherapy, a process in which she "talks out" her feelings, the skillful psychiatrist helps the patient gain insight into disturbing emotional conflcts. From the New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1957. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.