Foundations of Program Evaluation heralds a thorough exploration of the field of program
evaluation--looking back on its origins. By summarizing, comparing, and contrasting the …

" I recommend this book to all mental health professionals and students in this field; it
provides the reader with a historical perspective that can add meaning, and perhaps even …

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 …

Abstract The 18-year Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Program of the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) was a complex and ambitious social experiment. This …

This paper explores the impact of a CommunityMental Health Center intervention activities
on theinpatient psychiatric morbidity of two areas served bythis center. Athens University …

The Community Méntal Health Centers (CMHC) legislation in the early 1960s was the first
real attempt at a national mental health policy in the United States of America. Federal …

This article presents the results of an evaluation of the impact of center services on first
admissions and readmissions to state hospitals in a large Southwestern state using an …

The objective of this paper is to estimate the impact of managed care on psychiatric
hospitalizations and length of stay of medically indigent residents in Puerto Rico. A quasi …

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The purpose of this study was to provide a practical and inexpensive model for outpatient
community mental health outcome evaluation. Two programs of the Tazwood Center for …