See Also: community mental health centre(medicine)
St Francis Community Mental Health(health)
community mental health centres(medicine)
community mental health services(medicine)
Community Mental Health Center(health)
Leduc Community Hospital and Health Centre(health)
Sacred Heart Community Health Centre(health)
Peace River Community Health Centre(health)
Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Health Centre(health)
Mental health(health)

community mental health centre (medicine)


community mental health centre


A mental health treatment centre located in a neighborhood catchment area close to the homes of patients, introduced in the 1960's via new federal legislation designed to replace the large state hospitals, which usually were located in remote rural areas; features include offering a series of comprehensive services by one or more members of the four mental health professions, provision of continuity of care, participation of consumers in the centres, community location to provide accessibility, a combination of indirect or preventive and direct services, the use of program-centreed as well as case-centreed consultation, a requirement for program evaluation, and various linkages to a variety of health and human services.