Community mental health.

Community mental health services.

A. Credentialing and re-credentialing shall be conducted and documented for at least the following health care professionals employed or individually contracted by GCCMH through its Human Resources Department: 1. Physicians (M.D.s or D.O.s), including board certification or board eligibility, if applicable 2. Physician's Assistants Certified 3. Psychologists (Licensed, Limited License, or Tempo...

Mental Health and the Community

these are two books from Behavioral Publications in America, which is an off-shoot of the Community Mental Health Journal. The first is a series of original contributions by different authors, some of whom are already well-known. The aim of the collection is to 'bridge the gap between theory and program implementation', by describing how proposals have been carried out in different parts of the...

Jamaica: Community Mental Health Services

Mental health services in Jamaica are in transition. Jamaica’s Ministry of Health is trying to develop a better and more comprehensive community mental health system by building on the success of pioneer community services while scaling down Bellevue, the country’s biggest and best known psychiatric hospital. Mental health officers (MHOs) are at the heart of the transformation; increasing the n...

community mental health promotion: a brief review

the concept of health promotion, first appeared in 1975, introduced a new perspective for health activities. as a consequences, the world health organization (who) suggested that attention to health promotion needs should take precedence over treatment and prevention. this concept gradually developed into mental health field and now community mental health is the core policy and orientation of ...

A community mental health approach to mental retardation.