Evaluation can help control costs of mental health care and ensure that services are
effective. The author presents guidelines to aid mental health administrators in establishing …

The author emphasizes the need for program evaluation in a community mental health
center and describes several important activities of an evaluation unit. They include …

Historically, the status of mental health services in the United States has depended upon the
economic stability of the nation; much of the financial support of these programs has come …

Various approaches to evaluating community mental health services are presented. Cost-
effectiveness analysis is discussed in terms of its relation to evaluation, and several types of …

With the repeal of the Mental Health Systems Act by the Reagan administration in 1980, the
amount of federal dollars allocated to community mental health agencies declined. Perlman …

Describes methods of self-evaluation, quality assurance, and external evaluation developed
by the National Institutes of Mental Health to aid community mental health services delivery …

Presents the case report of a mental health improvement project to illustrate that the
administrative nature and quality of the agency being evaluated is an often neglected and …

Models for evaluating mental health treatment include the organizational model, the care-
process model, the consumer-evaluation model, the efficacy model, and the community …

Small-group workshops of nonevaluators with differing interests in mental health discussed
evaluation priorities for community mental health centers. Participants included center …

In this book the editors present a model for a systematic and cohesive approach to patient
care evaluation in mental health settings. The model was developed as part of the …