Definition , Basics and Targets of Community Mental Health…
Dr. S.A.Hosseini , M.D.
Keywords: Community Mental Health , Community Psychiatry , Social Psychiatry , Preventive Psychiatry (primary , secondary , tertiary), Catchments Area , Service Integration , Continuity of Care , Case Finding Follow up ,Consumer Participation.
Community Mental Health is termed the third revolution in psychiatry. Characteristics of this approach have been summed up as follows:
Responsibility to a population , Treatment close to the patient , Case finding , Comprehensive services , Multidisciplinary team approach , Continuity of care and follow up , Consumer participation , Prevention (primary , secondary , tertiary) , Mental health consultation , Standardization , Evaluation and research .
The terms have been discussed in relative detail.
The quarterly journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume : 1
Year : 2000, Spring
No.1