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Dr. Snow, 50, had got a head start at St. Lawrence, partly because it is the smallest of New York's 18 state hospitals (never more than 2,300 patients), partly because it is the biggest employer in Ogdensburg (pop. 17,000). Many city officials, including the mayor, are...
New Freedom. "There is a spectrum in 'freedom' and 'open' doors-they are not absolutes," says Dr. Hunt. "Doors are open, and some patients can come and go freely, but some are so disturbed that an attendant will ask them to wait for a little talk...
A striking feature at St. Lawrence, which is now 100% open, and in varying degrees at all New York's other state hospitals (average: 66% open), is the transformation of the wards. Gone are the dreary wooden benches, where patients dressed in Mother Hubbards (when they were not undressing...
"While the open door is no cure-all," says Dr. Hunt, "it is the most important thing that has happened in treatment of the mentally ill in our lifetimes-not even excepting the ataractic drugs. With this, we can prove to the public as well as ourselves that incarcerated madness...
D!ed. William Langer, 73, fiery oddball Republican Senator from North Dakota (since 1940); in Washington. A harddriving, hell-raising nonconformist who chewed unlighted cigars in their cellophane wrappers, baffled poll takers and battled all the harder when downed by defeat. "Wild Bill'' Langer was a hired farm...