Objectives To examine whether community health centers (CHCs) are effective in offsetting
mental health emergency department (ED) visits. Data Sources and Study Setting The …

Consultation services offered by community mental health centers (CMHC) have gone
through several significant changes since the signing of the Community Mental Health …

The purpose of this paper is to describe the psychiatrist's role in community mental health
programs, beginning with the evolution of psychiatric involvement in community mental …

The development of a community mental health center as described in federal legislation
requires an understanding of certain basic principles and guidelines which are applicable …

There are now 675 funded community mental health centers (CMHCs), covering almost half
the country. Many of these programs were funded in the social optimism of the 1960s and …

The two editorials written for this issue of EPS reflect seemingly different views on the 50
years since President Kennedy signed into law the Community Mental Health Centers Act in …

New patterns of providing mental health services are emerging. A comprehensive range of
readily available services close to where patients live and with continuity of care is the basis …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the cost-effectiveness of community-based mental health care.
DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Administrative data from Medicaid and the …

State hospitals were once the most prominent components of US public mental health
systems. But a major focus of mental health policy over the past fifty years has been to close …

On the basis of experience in San Francisco, the authors believe that the community mental
health center offers a viable alternative to state hospital care for the mentally ill and is able to …