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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.3.297

Efforts at secondary prevention (early case finding and treatment) made during an industrial mental health project were less successful in securing follow-through of treatment recommendations than the more traditional consultation by a psychiatrist. The authors suggest a new kind of industrial mental health program, combining the two approaches and carried out in two stages—the first by supervisory personnel in the plant and the second by medical personnel with consultation from mental health specialists.

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