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 …

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 orignal intent of community mental health centers was that they would treat the mentally
ill. The more than 750 centers now operating are drifting away from that health service …

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 …

#{149} Ithas been 19 years since the passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Act
by Congress and its signing into law by President Kennedy. In the intervening years the role …

Community mental health centers are subject to a number of pressures that will affect the
way centers operate in the years ahead. These influences include a reduction infederal …

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 …

Method In the fall of 1983 a 40-item questionnaire was developed, fieldtested, and
distributed to the 36 executive directors of the community mental health programs. The …

The author describes the history and implications of recent legislation affecting community
mental health centers. New legislative requirements will result in centers seeing typically …

What will be the future of public mental hospitals as community mental health center
programs expand? The authors suggest that their emerging role lies in joining the …