Examines deficiencies in community care for the chronic mentally ill and suggests steps for
improving the quality of care for these patients. It is noted that community mental health …

Despite the network of community mental health centers, the general hospital has become
the focal point for the delivery of mental health care in the US The author presents an …

Methods This study was conducted as a partnership between academic researchers and the
National Council for Community Behavioral Health Care, the oldest and largest trade …

The rapid decrease in the resident population ofstate hospitals over the last decade has
engendered a debate over the future role of the state hospital in the overall mental health …

The past several years have been witness to a growing debate concerning the de facto
system of mental hospitalization in the United States. Unfortunately, much of this debate has …

Whether state hospitals have a role in caring for mentally ill persons has been intensely
debated for the past decade. During this time the inpatient census of public mental hospitals …

Discusses the current condition of mental health care in the state hospital and in the board
and care home system in California. Popular myths concerning the benefits or …

A study of the demographic and clinical characteristics of 137 patients in a state hospital in
Massachusetts on a single day in March 1977, well after the state's massive …