Abstract Community Health Centers (CHCs) target medically underserved communities and
expanded by 70% in the last decade. We know little, however, about mental health services …

Objective: The federal government boosted support for community health centers in
medically underserved areas in 2002–2007. This investigation compared trends in …

Certified community behavioral health centers (CCBHCs) were established under section
223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. CCBHCs had the goal of expanding …

Policy Points Community mental health facilities often do not offer the full range of evidence‐
based clinical and support services for individuals with serious mental illness. Facilities were …

Bernard Arons and colleagues (Chapter 1) describe the evolution of the Center for Mental
Health Services over its first decade. With the public health model as a framework …

Community health centers are a vital part of the primary and behavioral health care systems
in rural areas. We compared behavioral health care staffing and services in rural and urban …

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 …

CHAPTER reviews the community mental health system in the United States, specifically
some of the key issues facing the field and how it has evolved over the decades since …

For more than 40 years, community health centers (CHCs) have provided primary care and
behavioral and mental health services in medically underserved communities, regardless of …

Do comprehensive community mental health services reduce admissions to state hospitals?
A recent Nader report says no. Surprisingly few studies have documented the success of …