Organizations are reflective of the environments within which they operate. The environment
for mental health care in rural areas discussed previously (Flax et al. 1979) was …

The following chapter, reprinted from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) publication titled"
Mental Health in Rural America: 1980-1993"(Wagenfeld et al. 1994), provides an overview …

67 NC Med J January/February 2006, Volume 67, Number 1 psychologists, psychiatric
nurses, and social workers practicing in various public and private inpatient, outpatient …

Current trends, including active consideration of parity lack of specialty services in their
home communities may for mental health benefits and the increasing role of man-result in a …

Objective. We examined trends in delivery of mental health and substance abuse services at
the nation's community health centers. Methods. Analyses used data from the Health …

Although previous research has considered the unique treatment needs of rural residents,
little research has investigated the potential differences in the availability of treatment …

Managed care has become the dominant force in both public and private mental health and
substance abuse services. The authors describe how one community mental health center …

Perhaps the major challenge for the professional is the relative absence in rural areas of all
types of community resources. Community mental health centers are likely to be much …

This paper-part of a national study of community mental health worker role activism-
compares community mental health centers with their counterparts in other geographic …

The effectiveness of drug abuse treatment depends in part on meeting clients' medical and
social needs related to drug abuse. Yet, we know little about the type and amount of medical …