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The delivery of mental health services in small communities: An experiential model
Author(s) -
Leunes Arnold
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(197510)3:4<374::aid-jcop2290030407>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , experiential learning , mental health , autonomy , public relations , product (mathematics) , action (physics) , experiential knowledge , population , politics , nursing , medicine , business , sociology , political science , pedagogy , psychiatry , social science , law , environmental health , epistemology , philosophy , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
A model for the delivery of mental health services to people residing in small communities (less than 10,000 population) is presented. It is the product of personal consultation experience over the past three years with a modestly staffed and financed but very successful mental health agency. Emphasis is placed on community action, political and financial autonomy insofar as possible, economy, intelligent use of paraprofessionals. and the careful hiring of permanent and consultative staff. In essence, it is the creation of a general model based on the success of one specific agency which epitomizes the points previously emphasized.