During my tenure as a mental health administrator for these past 27 years, I have served as
Director of Community Mental Health Services for the Department of Mental Health in Maine …

G. what one wants may be one of life's disillusionments, but it is also instructive. In Oc-tober,
1963, supporters of the “community men-tal health" approach to psychiatry got a good deal …

ETTING what one wants may be one of life's disillusionments, but it is also instructive. In
October 1963, supporters of the “community mental health” approach to psychiatry got a …

About a decade after the enactment of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (PL 88-
164) in 1963, the American health service delivery system began a period of profound …

The death of community mental health practice has been predicted for many years. In the
US, the community mental health era began in the mid-19th century. However, the …

The author, Walter E. Barton, MD, was medical director of the American Psychiatric
Association at the time. In a commentary and analysis beginning on page 616, Steven S …

In September 1974, I first entered the field of mental health. My previous experience was in
education and disabilities at a university. I was recruited by the State of North Carolina to …

Abstract this chapter is a call to renewal among those who work in the community mental
health movement/in sounding a call to renewal I will make three overarching points/the end …

Four Decades of Community Mental Health: A Symphony in Four Movements Page 1
Community Mental Health Journal, Vol. 39, No. 5, October 2003 ( 2003) Four Decades of …

Staff Psychiatrist Veterans A dministration Hospital Seattle, Washington rr HE CONCEPT of
community mental health has I infused all mental health professions with a new sense of …