The community mental health movement in the US peaked in 1963 with the passage of the
Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) Act. The movement had its origins in the two …

PRACTICES Page 1 Administration and Policy in Mental Health, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 2004 (©
2004) FDRTY YEARS OF PROGRESS IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH: THE ROLE OF …

When it was first published in 2006, Community Mental Health in Canada was hailed as a
much-needed critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada …

What is the best way to provide mental health care within the community? How can these
services be provided in a way that is easy to access and offer treatments that really work …

The recent White paper, Modernising Mental Health Services, recommended the provision
of home treatment teams for acute mental illness (Department of Health, 1998). Such …

Since the National Mental Health Policy was implemented in 1992, dissonance between
mental health professionals and the general public on the success of the …

It cannot be ignored that community care is now a fact, and not merely an issue. Some
mental hospitals have closed and the number of mental illness beds have been reduced …

This paper summarises our own accumulated experience from developing community-
orientated mental health services in England and Italy over the last 20-30 years. From this …

Community mental health encompasses a diverse range of statutory, voluntary and informal
care services. However, little has been written about how changes in policy, legislation and …

This paper describes a survey of British Community Mental Health Centres (CMHCs).
CMHCs are by far the most visible manifestation of the implementation of community mental …