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 …

A national survey of community mental health center psychiatrists was designed to assess
the extent to which they experience professional burnout. 214 psychiatrists responded to the …

Previous research has suggested that black Americans tend to view mental health services
and community mental health centers more negatively than do white Americans. This article …

A case study of the community mental health work force in Nebraska over a seven-year
period beginning in 1981 examined changes in the professional makeup, overall staffing …

There is a critical need to recruit and retain more psychiatrists with the required skills and
interest to work with seriously mentally ill and/or socially disadvantaged patients within …

Objectives Previous surveys of the alumni of Columbia University's fellowship in public
psychiatry suggest that a large number of alumni fill positions as program medical directors …

Community mental health centers (CMHCs) have been criticized for directing resources that
should be used to treat the seriously mentally ill to the treatment of less impaired patients …

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 lack of knowledge about basic manpower issues in the community mental health system
led the authors to devise five questions that address manpower issues of general interest to …

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 …