Some Basic Assumptions in Community Mental Health

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In the development and organization of community mental health services certain basic assumptions are implicit and may be considered basic to all programs regardless of size and orientation. Ten such assumptions are explored under the headings of research, treatment, prevention, population, continuity of treatment, natural history of treated mental illness, supportive role of the community, organization for manpower utilization, community organization, and problems of living. The thesis advanced is that community mental health services must make optimum use of established knowledge in the field, while still implementing goals within certain limitations such as available manpower and applicability as a panacea for problems of living.

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