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The Nineteenth Decennial Census of the United States, covering both population and housing, will be conducted as of April 1, 1970. Plane fling, testing, and preparatory activities have been underway since early in the decade. Extensive discussions with users of census data led to relatively minor changes in subject content as compared to 1960, but a major increase in the amount of statistics to be tabulated, especially for small geographic areas. For about 60 to 65 percent of the population, the information will be collected through a new mail-out/mail-back system. The rest of the country will be covered by house-to-house canvass. Special efforts to alleviate the serious problem of underenumeration are being undertaken, particularly in the hard-to-enumerate portions of the big cities. The geographic program includes an "address coding guide" through which location identification in most urban areas can be made to specific side of block; this will permit tabulations for new types of small areas. Processing of the data will be performed with the Census Bureau's Fosdic equipment and advanced computers. Dissemination of the census results will be in the traditional type of printed reports but, also, in substantially greater subject and area detail, through magnetic tape, special printouts, etc. To help users exploit the potentialities of the latter material, the Bureau has instituted a "data access" informational program. As in previous censuses, there will be a number of studies to evaluate the 1910 procedures and results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to compare the results of outpatient family crisis therapy with hospitalization, a clinical team from Colorado Psychiatric Hospital treated on an outpatient basis 186 patients considered acutely in need of admission to a psychiatric hospital. The control group consisted of 150 patients from the same population who were routinely hospitalized. In all except 3 of the initial 36 pilot cases, it was possible to avoid hospitalization. Family crisis therapy has proved to be a more economical and less stigmatizing form of psychiatric treatment than hospitalization. Its principles are outlined and the specific participation of the clinical social worker and his role on the crisis therapy team are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]