W the Community Mental Health Centers Act was passed in 1963, the federal gov-ernment
set general guidelines for operation, 7 based primarily on traditional medical models of …

MIDST ALL the blame and acclaim, the impassioned oratory, the many journal articles and
the books, it is easy to forget that the community mental health centers program is still very …

In this progress report on the community mental health centers program, the Director of the
National Institute of Mental Health reviews existing patterns of support, community …

A coNcEmuA. mzATIoN of psychiatric treatment in the future is beginning to emerge as
reports from several levels of private and public agencies are published. The trend toward …

We have described the origins, principles, and provisions of an attempt to establish a
comprehensive community mental health program for an entire state. Widespread citizen …

A new system for delivering mental health services in the United States is now being
developed. The system depends on the establishment of a new organizational form, the …

G. what one wants may be one of life's disillusionments, but it is also instructive. In Oc-tober,
1963, supporters of the “community men-tal health" approach to psychiatry got a good deal …

I SHALL discuss some of the concepts upon which the new national Com-munity Mental
Health Centers program is built, describe the new legislation briefly, indicate some of the …

ETTING what one wants may be one of life's disillusionments, but it is also instructive. In
October 1963, supporters of the “community mental health” approach to psychiatry got a …

ACCELERATED by the impetus of federal programs to assist in construction and initial
staffing of comprehen-sive community mental health centers, urban mental health agencies …