health educationhealth serviceshuman diseasesmental disordersnursing homesA new system for delivering mental health services in the United States is now being developed. The system depends on the establishment of a new organizational form, the comprehensive community mental health center. The program of ...
The "new look" implied by the label community mental health is understood by many to mean the adoption of a public health approach to mental health. In this paper, a psychologist outlines the salient elements in such an approach as embodied in a community mental health training program located...
A program evaluation of a community outpatient mental health program was conducted as part of a required course in Spalding University's School of Professional Psychology. Specifically, the program evaluation examined how the client-specific factors of motivation to change were related to attendance and...
A quality of life theory is proposed as a framework for conceptualizing and evaluating mental health services. Quality of life consists of fulfilling needs, meeting social expectations, and accessing opportunities by using abilities. Abilities are impaired by mental illness. Mental health services moderat...
In the short run, the use of community-based mental health treatment programs need not be affected by enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries in prepaid plans, providing that Medicaid program administrators take steps to minimize the disruption of ongoing treatment, offer beneficiaries a choice among ...
Community Mental Health refers to the provision of crisis support, protected housing, and sheltered employment, along with the management of disorders, to address the diverse needs of individuals within a community setting. AI generated definition based on: International Encyclopedia of Public Health, ...
IntroductionRecently, a psychosocial stress has been closed up as a significant risky factor affected not only mental but also physical health. The next step for us is to establish the most effective health promotion program, and to carry out the program as soon as possible. In this article...
RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM EVALUATION, Parts I, II, III and V—edited by William A. Hargreaves, C. Clifford Attkisson, Marguerite H. McIntyre, Larry M. Siegel, and James E. Sorenses; National Institute of Mental Health,Rockville, Maryland, 1974,472 pages ...
The large government mental institution must become increasingly integrated with local community mental health programs. The Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California, provides an example of how one such institution involves its programs with the community. The traditional hospital-based shelte...
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