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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
8
Eighteen months ago a psychiatric social worker and four heroin addicts started a drug abuse program at a state hospital. The Family grew to over 50 voluntary inpatients and developed a street oriented plan distinct from Synanon.
In the 1890s J H Smith ran a single wire from Fashion Stables on South State Street to Mendocino State Hospital, connecting two telephones and forming Ukiah’s first exchange in 1897. The hospital was among twenty seven charter subscribers. repairs required a spring-wagon trip from Santa Rosa, time varying with weather.
The general psychiatric program centers around four regional acute admission and treatment units RT A RT B RT 1 and RT 2. Patients from Sonoma Humboldt and Del Norte counties are on RT A while RT II houses patients from Shasta Tehama Colusa Glenn and Trinity. San Francisco and miscellaneous counties are on RT 1 and Mendocino and Lake counties on RT 2.
The 1968 69 operating budget totals 8 million dollars with 1 950 employees. Salaries account for about 7 6 million of the budget. Mendocino State Hospital is the largest regional employer and the California Western Railroad also employs over a thousand. Community clothing expenditures run around 30 000 yearly. A 100 000 capital item funds remodeling of a chapel in the unit.
The Family, a 50 member group split into Our Gang, Family Dog, Misfits and Graffiti, travels to Mendocino State Hospital for talks. They run a candle business to fund the halfway house in San Francisco and supported drug abuse outreach including a symposium in Colorado.
The program, under Charles R. Miles with Low Kratzer and Earlene Nichols guiding the unit, aims to train 57 patients aged 16 to 40. It combines education, medical care, and emotional support through individual counseling, group therapy, and recreation. Patients will attend classes, join rehabilitation at AVARC, and participate in industrial therapy and crafts.
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