The primary intent of the community mental health movement is to provide comprehensive
psychiatric services for individuals, families, school children, workers in industrial centers …

After a decade of virtually unquestioned federal support, the community mental health
movement has been put on notice by the present administration that it will not receive …

A further description of this innovative Lincoln Hospital program. Staffed by indigenous
nonprofessionals, the hospital's neighborhood service centers have become far more than …

The delivery of community mental health services includes two major functions which relate
both to prevention and treatment. One is to assess the mental health problems and needs in …

What happens to community mental health centers when federal funding declines and then
ends? Analysis of service utilization patterns over a five year period for a cohort of …

A comprehensive system of community treatment in southwest Denver has reduced the
need for adult psychiatric inpatient beds to less than 1/100,000 population. Six small …

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 successful incorporation of the private practice of psychiatry into a system of community
mental health care was attributable to several factors. They included an affluent catchment …

• The impact of community mental health centers on the utilization of psychiatric services in
Monroe County, New York, was evaluated by means of data from the Monroe County …

Community mental health centers (CMHCs) have made a significant contribution to making
mental health services available to many Americans; in 1977 they served almost two million …