Rochefort provides a comprehensive review of mental health policy issues in American
society, beginning with early practices that predate the formal" mental health system" and …

Potential patients who do not show up for their first appointments at a mental health clinic
represent a puzzling and important phenomenon. When the setting, as in this study, is a …

Many community mental health centers have bad to operate with less funding in the past
several years, especially since the advent of block grant funding. Evidence is now …

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 …

This article describes the changes in the financing of the public mental health system over
the past 40 years. These changes have had profound effect on the organization and delivery …

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 …

Although the number of full-time psychiatrists working in community mental health centers
has generally declined, success in retaining psychiatrists varies throughout the country …

The 15 patients with the highest numbers of assaultive incidents over a one year period in a
state mental hospital were identified and information collected regarding a variety of clinical …

This study tracks the 761 community mental health centers which received federal grants as
of 1981 and assesses their status 10 years after the shift to Block Grant financing. Contrary …

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 …