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• Community mental health services — (CMHS) support or treat people with mental disorders (mental illness or mental health difficulties) while they continue to live in their own homes, rather than being admitted to more remote institutions such as psychiatric hospitals (asylums).… …   Wikipedia

• Community mental health service — Psychology …   Wikipedia

• Community Mental Health Act — The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88 164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health… …   Wikipedia

• community mental health center — A mental health treatment center located in a neighborhood catchment area close to the homes of patients, introduced in the 1960s via new federal legislation designed to replace the large state hospitals, which usually were located in remote… …   Medical dictionary

• community mental health center — a health care facility or network of agencies that is part of a system originally authorized by the U.S. government to provide a coordinated program of continuing mental health care to a specific population. * * * …   Universalium

• community mental health center — a health care facility or network of agencies that is part of a system originally authorized by the U.S. government to provide a coordinated program of continuing mental health care to a specific population …   Useful english dictionary

• Mental health court — Mental health courts link offenders who would ordinarily be prison bound to long term community based treatment. They rely on mental health assessments, individualized treatment plans, and ongoing judicial monitoring to address both the mental… …   Wikipedia

• Mental health courts — are specialized court dockets that provide community treatment and supervision in lieu of incarceration for criminal offenders with mental illness. Like other problem solving courts, such as drug courts, domestic violence courts, and community… …   Wikipedia

• Mental Health Act — is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to Mental health law. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Mental Health Bill during its passage through Parliament. United Kingdom The… …   Wikipedia

• Mental health triage — Mental health triage[1] is a clinical function conducted at point of entry to health services which aims to assess and categorize the urgency of mental health related problems. The mental health triage service may be located in the Emergency… …   Wikipedia

• Mental health — describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well being or an absence of a mental disorder.[1][2] From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual s ability to enjoy life and… …   Wikipedia