Discusses the current status of mental health programs in the community and reviews the
literature on the still unresolved mental health problems of increasing demand, uneven …

Lyon (1989) suggests that a good community fosters public safety, has a strong economy,
provides health care and educational opportunities, and has an optimum population size. It …

This article critically reviews the development of community mental health in both theory and
practice and explores new directions and dilemmas for future policy and programs. First, we …

Used a multiple regression model of change in a longitudinal framework to examine the
relationship between changes in social support and psychological maladjustment …

This study estimates the relationship between social support and physical and psychological
adjustment, using measures that afford a qualitative assessment of sociąl support …

This paper describes the development of indices of the quality of social support in the family
(FRI) and work (WRI) environments. Respondents were a randomly selected community …

In the 1980s, the Reagan and Bush administrations reduced funding for community mental
health programs and began instead to support substance abuse treatment agencies. One …

Considers whether psychology is both a health science and a health profession. The
question is answered affirmatively. The pattern of psychological research in the health …

In a tough opening statement, M. Brewster Smith outlines his own life course and contrasts it
with the agenda of social psychology in the present professional moment." Today's journals …

This book is primarily concerned with the quality of professional human services. To this
topic are addressed two basic questions. First, what does the paraprofessional do? And …