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AMLP"CAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE «= 160 N. 15th Street : Philadelphia 2, Penna. . U. S. Projects Program ‘ iewsletter # 1 : “+ July 1h, 1965 Jear. Project Participants: “~“yWhis is the first of two college-age project newsletters due to appear this summer. # t has not been easy for your editor to excerpt paragraphs_frem the varied methods = f_ reporting without occasionally making a change that_m may take a ¢ a__comment out of of “sontext, or fail to pana the full "flavor" of your project. Our next newsletter ‘deadline is ‘August 9,) and “thus you may Ymay want to forward a couple of paragraphs to hare with other participants across the country so that they may know challenges and problens 3 you faced this summer. Certnat 9. Law? aay o pratck mv : 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. -o Adair Douglass, Assistant Director } U. S. Projects Program INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE UNITS Mentally 711 Kentucky State Hospital, Danville, Kentucky. (9 pav*'cipants are engaged in stady of factors affecting readmission by interviewing alvter-care clinic patsents.) Period covered: June 19 to July 10 During orientation week we heard lectuves by staff on topics ranging from interview- ing techniques to the culture of Appalachia. Practice interviewing was done. We _YTealize there were varied attitude: toward mental heath. The experience of inter- ~~ viewing gave rise to an intense group discussion cf problems likely to arise. Ethical problems emerged when members of the group felt that certain questions on the inter- x 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 pair-. J: went 33: wni.e four 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 Danville, Perryville Battlefield. i We went to the Health Center to observe the work routine. Some participants sat in with the doctors and sccial 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 finaliy 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.