Considers that any new community mental health service must encompass the concept of a
circumscribed community, develop political sanctions, develop a community-wide …

Apprehension and doubt about the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center
(CCMHC) service programs are felt by both mental health professionals and local and state …

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 …

The orignal intent of community mental health centers was that they would treat the mentally
ill. The more than 750 centers now operating are drifting away from that health service …

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 …

Community mental health programs vary in relation to their types of administrative and fiscal
policy and structure. Discontinuity of services may increase due to proliferation of community …

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 …

The various comprehensive community mental health centers developed at the same time
as the free clinics intended to provide an alternative form of service. The origins and …

During a recent attempt to compare community mental health centers (CMHCs) by
discussing general program objectives with various staff, it was discovered that there exist …