The Community Mental Health Center in the Rural Area: Is the Present Model Appropriate?

DAVID N. DANIELSAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 4S

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.4S.32

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The community mental health center model with its varied direct clinical services becomes a white elephant when applied to rural states and areas. The model does not fulfill the mental health needs of the people—of meeting them where they live and serving them through the utilization of available personnel and resources. An alternative, indirect services model, which emphasizes consultation, education, preventive psychiatry, and community psychiatry as community organization, is proposed and explored.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 4S • October 1967

Pages: 32 - 37

PubMed: 6050777

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Published in print: October 1967

Published online: 1 April 2006

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DAVID N. DANIELS

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif. 94305

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The Community Mental Health Center in the Rural Area: Is the Present Model Appropriate?

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