Developments in community psychiatry are creating great controversy within the profession.
This paper examines community psychiatry, assesses its place in the history of our science …

Fewer and fewer psychiatrists seem interested in pursuing a career in community mental
health. The author examines some of the possible reasons for the lack of interest, such as …

THE PROPOSAL to add community psychiatry to the ever-widening list of psychiatric
specialties deserves a critical examination. Thus, my purpose in this paper is fourfold. First, I …

The three basic concepts of community mental health will have profound impact on many
aspects of traditional psychiatric theory and practice, the author believes, and must be taken …

Leaders of national groups that have focused on issues of community and social psychiatry
present their ideas about the future of psychiatry. They identify five areas: theory …

This paper deals with community mental health practice for the psychiatrist. It defines
comprehensive community mental health, its scope, and the variety of centers that are …

Abstract 22 contributed chapters, including 3 by the editor, are presented under 4 section
headings: Basic Concepts; Scope of Community Psychiatry; Members of the Team and Their …

For many years the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Advisory Mental
Health Council have endorsed efforts to train psychiatrists in the new and rapidly developing …

This chapter examines the nature of community psychiatry as it is taking shape. It considers
our continuing uncertainty about mental illness which is manifested in a widening of its …

Through its residency training committee, the American Association of Community
Psychiatrists (AACP) surveyed residency training programs throughout the country with the …