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AMEP "CAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTER « 160N. 15th Street 7 Philadelphia 2, Penna. ; . U. S. Projects Program 5 iewsletter # 1 ss July 1h, 1965 Jear Project Participants: whis is the first of two college-age project newsletters due to appear this summer. git has not been easy for your editor to excerpt paragraphs frem the varied methods eS reporting without occasionally making a change that may take ac a__comment out of “context, or fail to give the full "flavor" “of your project. Our next newsletter ‘deadline isfAugust 9) and thus you may want to forward a couple of paragraphs to hare with other participants across the country so that they may know challenges and fproblens you faced this summer. Or yead 9 Laet aay a Pty OA CK re : While primarily designed for you, we will have a few extra copies of thé newsletter on hand in case you'd like to pass them on to possible recruits for summer '66. Our ‘best wishes to you for the weeks ahead. rs . Adsir Douglass, Assistant Director } U. S. Projects Program INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE UNITS Mentally Til 4 Kentucky State Hospital, Danville, Kentucky. (9 part 'cipants are engaged in study rs) actors affecting readmission by interviewiry alter-care clinic patents. ) Period covered: June 19 to July 10 “During orientation week we heard lectu-es by staff on topics ranging from interview- ing techniques to the culture of Appalachia. Practice interviewing was done. We realize there were varied attitude toward mental health. The experience of inter- om; viewing gave rise to an intense BPoUP discussion cf problems likely to arise. Ethical a problems emerged when members of the group felt that certain questions on the inter- & _.“ viewing form invaded too greatly the privacy of the clients. Meiibers of the project traveled to Manchester and interviewed approximately [50 out-patients to discover reasons why active or inactive patients d- not come ‘o the clinic. Our method of interviewing involved going out in pairs. Cx went out wni.e rour of us stayed in Manchester. We have been impressed with the friendliness and openess of people contrary to what we expected. Our contacts with out-patients have been constructive; we feel they have a higher regard for the clinic as a result of our visits. Satur- day we went on a picnic in one of the parks near Lanville, Perryville Battlefield. We went to the Health Center to observe the work routine. Some participants sat in with the doctors and social workers as they interviewed while others interviewed . patients to get reactions to the clinic. We had a lengthy discussion on meditation. ‘There wasalot of feeling against it. We finally concluded to modify it somewhat ‘by permitting some to read or knit during this time. Although the feeling is some- “what better, there is still a need for more discussion and more definite conclusions. Saturday night we went to a revival meeting in Booneville, while on Sunday some of us went to Lynch, Kentucky to see the abandoned mine towns in. the area. Monday we went to Levi Jackson State Park where our activities included swimming, horseback riding, and a late afternoon picnic. Everyone is in fine health and on the whole group morale is good. Da