During the last 15 years, there have been apparently contradictory criticisms of staffing
patterns, and hence of care provided, in community mental health centers (CMHCs). To test …

Executive directors of Oregon's 36 community mental health programs were surveyed in the
fall of 1983 to determine the nature of psychiatric services offered and the roles played by …

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 …

Previous research on federally funded community mental health centers has largely failed to
recognize fundamental differences among different types of centers. Here we show that such …

A survey of funded applications for federal staffing grants from 80 community mental health
centers reveals that of 3,830 full-time positions projected by the centers, 1,613 or 42% were …

Staffing patterns of federally funded community mental health centers were examined in a
survey of 512 centers conducted in 1977. A total of 275 usable responses were received …

The difficulties community mental health centers have in recruiting and retaining
psychiatrists may be related to the type of clinical work psychiatrists perform in the centers …

The original model for the community mental health center was a health-oriented treatment
facility associated with a community hospital, operated under medical leadership, and …

Examined diagnostic differences between patients treated in community mental health
centers (CMHCs) and patients seen in state psychiatric hospitals. Data on the level of care in …

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 …