Background: Mental health authorities must know the public's attitude to community
psychiatry when planning community mental health services. However, previous studies …

In this cross-sectional study we have investigated the attitudes and feelings toward the
mentally ill among the residents of two Central European regions which are at considerably …

Background. During the last two decades, the change from custodial care provided by large
institutions to community-focused services made considerable progress in Germany …

ObjectiveFirstly, to assess and, secondly, to compare experts' and lay attitudes towards
community psychiatry and the respective social distance towards mentally ill people …

T. LUKE's, a 580-bed voluntary hospital, is located in an urban area that is experiencing
many of the difficulties that attend rapid social change. Concerned citizens in our area …

There has been a rush towards community psychiatry in the developed world in the past few
decades (Tyrer, 1998a). In developing countries the concept has been equally popular and …

Community Psychiatry has been considered as an effective alternative to traditional mental
hospitalization in the postwar era 1. Community mental health services “provide a complete …

Attitudes towards mental disorders have been studied in rural areas of Sudan and Northern
India and an urban area of the Philippines using standardized interviews with key …

Community Mental Health Care in the Future: Nine Proposals : The Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease Community Mental Health Care in the Future: Nine Proposals : The Journal of …

The purpose of this paper is to describe the psychiatrist's role in community mental health
programs, beginning with the evolution of psychiatric involvement in community mental …