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Psychiatric Services, VOL. 29, No. 1

Article | January 01, 1978

Strikes and Community Mental Health Services

Kenneth Meinhardt

Psychiatric Services 1978; doi:

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Santa Clara County (Calif.) Mental Health Services

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The author discusses the effects of a 17-day strike by mental health workers in Santa Clara County, California, in 1975. Staff walkouts were most complete in services that were considered essential: the four methadone clinics and a 62-bed locked inpatient unit for acutely ill involuntary patients. The author describes actions by management personnel that proved useful in preparing for the strike, and he emphasizes that a strike can provide an opportunity for innovation andfor creative thinking about services. That point is illustrated by the changes that occurred on the 62-bed locked unit as a result of the strike.

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