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Forestall Hospitalization

Psychiatry Department faculty
members manage psychiatric services on a
part-time basis with the Services Board.

Adequate work with the people can
forestall any need for hospitalization, Dr.
Hawkins said, and can take into account
pressures and resources within the
immediate environment.

Service Board director Hilton O.
Hendrick said the award will facilitate the
extension of the community's mental
health services to relieve such
over-burdened facilities at the University
as the emergency room and Davis Ward.