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The community mental health center in the community: Another look
Author(s) -
Adler Peter T.
Publication year - 1977
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(197704)5:2<116::aid-jcop2290050204>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - center (category theory) , mental health , psychology , division (mathematics) , public relations , sociology , political science , psychiatry , chemistry , arithmetic , mathematics , crystallography
This paper reviews the development over a period of five years of a community mental health center and particularly of its consultation and education division based on a conceptual framework presented by the author several years ago. Concrete achievements and failures are cited, problems which occurred are analyzed, and corrective steps described. Finally, a reformulation is offered which more adequately covers the full range of potential CMHC activities, and some of the organizational issues facing centers are looked at in this light.