In 1970, a private medical group practice serving a large rural area introduced psychiatric
social workers in an integrated clinic to provide accessible mental health services to all …

Methods This study was conducted as a partnership between academic researchers and the
National Council for Community Behavioral Health Care, the oldest and largest trade …

This paper-part of a national study of community mental health worker role activism-
compares community mental health centers with their counterparts in other geographic …

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

The Neighborhood Health Center is described as a program delivering family-oriented
comprehensive health care of high quality to large groups of poor people. Because of the …

The community mental health center (CMHC) movement, largely conceived by psychiatrists
to improve standards of mental health care nationally, appears to be going through an …

The development of a community mental health center as described in federal legislation
requires an understanding of certain basic principles and guidelines which are applicable …

Initial enthusiasm about community mental health centers (CMHCs) has diminished. The
participation of psychiatrists in CMHCs declined in the 1970s and may decline further. The …

T development of community mental health centers has begun to make psychiatric services
available to local communities. A structure that has shown particular promise in urban areas …

CHAPTER reviews the community mental health system in the United States, specifically
some of the key issues facing the field and how it has evolved over the decades since …