Community mental health centers are subject to a number of pressures that will affect the
way centers operate in the years ahead. These influences include a reduction infederal …

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 …

What happens to community mental health centers when federal funding declines and then
ends? Analysis of service utilization patterns over a five year period for a cohort of …

The orignal intent of community mental health centers was that they would treat the mentally
ill. The more than 750 centers now operating are drifting away from that health service …

The author describes the history and implications of recent legislation affecting community
mental health centers. New legislative requirements will result in centers seeing typically …

Policy changes in the 1980s have altered the financial status of community mental health
centers. Directors have operated, in most cases, with fewer resources than in past decades …

Community mental health centers (CMHCs) have made a significant contribution to making
mental health services available to many Americans; in 1977 they served almost two million …

The authors report on the experiences gleaned from site visits to federally funded mental
health centers that are now in operation. Their most important findings were: the formation of …

The original model for the community mental health center was a health-oriented treatment
facility associated with a community hospital, operated under medical leadership, and …

In this progress report on the community mental health centers program, the Director of the
National Institute of Mental Health reviews existing patterns of support, community …