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Published Online: May 1971

Mental Health Director: Bird of Passage

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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The state mental health director today is in a position to integrate the mental health services demanded by society. There have been few attempts in the past to provide this position with the uniformity, standards, and security warranted by its potential value. Organized and private psychiatric groups need to support state mental health directors in order to ensure the influence of psychiatry in planning and achieving more adequate delivery of mental health services.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 1550 - 1554
PubMed: 5551531

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Published in print: May 1971
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri (Missouri Institute of Psychiatry), 5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo. 63139 and Director, Missouri Division of Mental Health, Jefferson City, Mo.
Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Washington, D.C.
Administrator, Division of Mental Hygiene, Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Madison, Wis.
Associate Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri (Missouri Institute of Psychiatry), 5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo. 63139

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