Innovation in Mental Health Policy; Community Mental Health in the United States of America, 1965–1980
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
- Vol. 1 (4) , 447-468
- https://doi.org/10.1068/d010447
Abstract
The Community Méntal Health Centers (CMHC) legislation in the early 1960s was the first real attempt at a national mental health policy in the United States of America. Federal funding was made available for the establishment of 1500 centers across the country. The goal was to provide access to quality mental health care for all US citizens by 1980. As a result of prolonged criticisms, the legislation was repealed by the incoming Reagan Administration in the early 1980s, In this paper, the twenty-year lifespan of this ‘innovation’ in mental health policy is reviewed and an evaluation of some of its most pervasive criticisms are presented.Keywords
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