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L. Bertalanffy (1950)
AN OUTLINE OF GENERAL SYSTEM THEORYThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1
A. Wallace (1957)
VI: Mazeway Disintegration: The Individual's Perception of Socio-Cultural DisorganizationHuman Organization, 16
L. Bertalanffy (1950)
The theory of open systems in physics and biology.Science, 111
W.G. Smith
Territorial Evaluation of Mental Health ServicesCommunity Ment Health J
G. Vickers (1964)
The Psychology of Policy Making and Social ChangeBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 110
D.C. Klein (1965)
The Community and Mental Health: An Attempt at a Conceptual FrameworkCommunity Ment Health J, 1
C.P. Richter (1953)
Behavioral Regulation of Homeostasis
B. Paul (1956)
Health, Culture, and CommunityAdministrative Science Quarterly, 1
J. Ruesch (1965)
Social PsychiatryArch Gen Psychiat, 12
J. Ruesch (1965)
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; AN OVERVIEW.Archives of general psychiatry, 12
Abstract THE TERM "system" as used in this report refers to (1) a method for analyzing a problem: cataloging its parts, the setting, and their interrelationships; (2) a method for designing a response to that problem, taking into account the several parts to the whole; and (3) a method for monitoring, controlling, and changing the response so it may continuously meet changes in the reality of the problem. System concepts are a way of describing reality drawn so as to conceive a certain "whole" divided into "parts" in specified "relationships." The description is designed so the behavior of the parts is generally and substantially explained by a small number of specified relationships of the parts, or "states," of the whole. A system has a "boundary," includes certain elements which are "in" it, and includes a much larger number of elements defined as "outside." The definition of system in References 1. von Bertalanffy, L.: An Outline of General System Theory , Brit J Phil Sci 1:134-159, 1950.Crossref 2. von Bertalanffy, L.: The Theory of Open Systems in Physics and Biology , Science 111:23-28, 1960.Crossref 3. Richter, C.P.: Behavioral Regulation of Homeostasis : Symposium on Stress, Washington: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1953, pp 77-88. 4. Jackson, D.D.: The Role of the Individual, Chicago: Proceedings of the Conference on Mental Health and the Idea of Mankind, February 1964. 5. Wallace, A.F.C.: Mazeway Disintegration: The Individual's Perception of Socio-Cultural Disorganization , Hum Organ 16:23-27, 1957. 6. Vickers, G.: The Psychology of Policy Making and Social Change , Brit J Psychiat 110:465-477, 1964.Crossref 7. Paul, B.D., (ed.): Health, Culture and Community , New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1955. 8. Ruesch, J.: Social Psychiatry , Arch Gen Psychiat 12:501-509, 1965.Crossref 9. Klein, D.C.: The Community and Mental Health: An Attempt at a Conceptual Framework , Community Ment Health J 1:301-308, 1965.Crossref 10. Smith, W.G., and Hansell, N.: Territorial Evaluation of Mental Health Services , Community Ment Health J , to be published.
Archives of General Psychiatry – American Medical Association
Published: Aug 1, 1967
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