A "therapeutic community" meeting at the Brooklyn (New York) Day Hospital encouraged unrestricted communication between patient and staff as well as between patient and patient. The daily meetings were part of the hospital's aftercare program. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1962. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
One of more than 167 outpatient psychiatric clinics throughout the State that enabled patients to remain at home with their families while receiving psychiatric treatment. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1962. 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
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.
Girls in adolescent unit at Rockland State Hospital receive a lesson in table setting as part of their training in home making. From the New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1957. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Increased attention was being paid to endocrinology in psychiatric research in 1957. In this photograph action of the thyroid is checked through the measurement of the accumulation of radioactive iodine introduced into the bloodstream. From the New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1957. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
The Warren County (New York) Community Clinic in Glens Falls was one of the first state-aided services set up under the department's community mental health program. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1956. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Brain specimens are subjected to numerous chemical tests in the pathology laboratory of the (New York Sate) Psychiatric Institute. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1955. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Pre-clinical students watch a demonstration in the Nursing Arts Laboratory of the St. Lawrence (New York) State Hospital School of Nursing. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1949. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.