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Published Online: May 1973

A Unified System of Care: Blueprint for the Future

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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The authors describe the means used in Pima County, Arizona, to unify and coordinate the policies and procedures of a state hospital system and a community mental health system in order to provide more effective delivery of mental health services at the community level. The cooperation of the state hospital also permitted the development of a deterrent to unnecessary state hospitalization and a reduction in the number of patients to a level at which more specific therapeutic programs could be developed to meet the needs of the patients who remained.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 554 - 558
PubMed: 4699920

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Published in print: May 1973
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Ariz and Director, Southern Arizona Mental Health Center, 1930 E. Sixth St., Tucson, Ariz. 85719, and Chief of Psychiatry, Pima County Hospital, Tucson
Director, Arizona State Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz.
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Ariz.

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