What Is The Proper Role Of Community Mental Health Centers?

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Pro & Con There is a continuing controversy about the proper role of community mental health centers (CMHCs) in the delivery of mental health care in the United States. The federal government has spent over $3 billion to fund 789 CMHCs over the past 25 years. One group of mental health professionals makes the case that the CMHC Construction Act of 1963 was designed to serve the chronically mentally ill. These professionals maintain that CMHCs have chosen to ignore the needs of the chronically mentally ill and compete with existing . . .