Page 1 Soc RA 790 AI M556 no. 1 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM REPORTS SERIES
DN: Health/Mental Health Research US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES …

Objective A national overview of outpatient mental health care in nonhospital settings is
provided, focusing on the distribution of patients among psychiatrists, psychologists, general …

THE development of programsstarts with the formulation of a plan. But the formulation of a
plan starts with a survey. To those who are acutely aware of the needs for services, this …

During the past few years, the effectiveness of neighborhood health centers (NHCs) has
been questioned, and curtailment of funding has indicated a lack of confidence in this …

In 1988, 2,989 (60 percent) of the 4,961 mental health organizations in the United States
(including the territories) offered outpatient care programs. A total of 5.8 million patient care …

Six-month utilization data are presented for the mental health unit of a comprehensive
neighborhood health center. Almost 5% of the 16,877 people in Charlestown, Mass., used …

Do comprehensive community mental health services reduce admissions to state hospitals?
A recent Nader report says no. Surprisingly few studies have documented the success of …

A need exists for integrated medical and psychiatric services in the US health care delivery
system. Primary care services have forged an important link in the de facto mental health …

The 19 Boston neighborhood health centers with mental-health programs were studied to
investigate the delivery of mental-health services as part of a primary health-care system …

The mental health disciplines have prided themselves in recent years on their new"
community" approach to prevention andtreatment. However, in doing this through their …