Analysis of the incidence of utilization of public mental health facilities during a 6-year time span yielded a significant relationship between lower occupational status and utilization of inpatient facilities. Further analysis revealed a significant relationship between education and utilization of outpatient facilities. Both of the findings held for 6 to 9 months after the beginning of economic decline.

This article presents an active, brief, problem-oriented therapuetic model for working with nontraditional clients. An effort is made to view the potential client in terms of his/her own environment and expressed problem area(s). Using a limited number of contacts, the therapeutic emphasis is on aiding the client to more effectively interact with his or her environment through the acquisition of additional skills and/or bodies of knowledge.

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