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 …

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 …

One of the major social programs of the 1960s was the development of community mental
health centers. As with most early attempts at evaluation, the results were pessimistic. This …

Psychiatric services consume large amounts of public money, but the results of these
services are not easy for the public to assess and it is usually felt that psychiatric patients …

#{149} Evaluation research is of critical importance to the continuance of mental health
programs. It is one of the principal ways of advancing the state of the art, of proving and …

This article reviews procedural and methodological characteristics of 121 outcome studies
published by community mental health centers during the decade 1969-1979. These studies …

Policy changes in the 1980s have altered the financial status of community mental health
centers. Directors have operated, in most cases, with fewer resources than in past decades …

Speculation that policy and funding shifts in the nation's mental health system would
negatively impact program evaluation services in community mental health centers (CMHC) …

Monitoring As a public agency, NIMH is responsible for insuring that its grantees are
expending their funds appropriately. The monitoring process provides information which …

Data obtained from a survey of federally funded mental health centers in operation for more
than two months in 1969 revealed that the 205 centers provided care for an estimated …