OBJECTIVES. Shifts in care for the seriously mentally ill from inpatient to community-based
treatment have highlighted the importance of transitional care. Our objectives were to …

OBJECTIVE: The acute care psychiatric hospital industry has been challenged by managed
care, government policies, and marketplace competition to control rising costs. This study …

This chapter discusses mental health services in the community. The topics covered include:
what are community mental health services; what is the history of mental health services in …

A CONlRACl with the National Institute of Mental Health, in 1969 the Connecticut Mental
Health Center at Yale University initiated a project to develop techniques for utilization …

Objective; in 1990 the state of Arkansas shifted financial responsibility for state hospital
services to community mental health centers; through a policy known as" bed buy-back," …

This article describes the development of Baltimore Mental Health System's demonstration
project which provides capitated services to seriously mentally ill adults. Observations about …

An analysis of treatment statistics from three community mental health centers in California
indicates that the centers provide treatment to a substantial proportion of the psychotic …

Objective Integrating primary care services into specialty mental health clinics has been
proposed as a method for improving health care utilization for medical conditions by adults …

Over the last 30 years, California dejure (legislated) mental health policy has been based on
deinstitutionalization and outpatient care through community mental health systems. But by …

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Snake Pit, The Shame of the States," Titicut Follies,"
and Life Magazine's" Bedlam 1946": these articles, films, and books—and books that were …