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Theoretical and Empirical Bases of Community Mental Health

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.4S.8

Community mental health has sturdy empirical bases in past public health experience and current health needs. Its application should be both controversial and highly rewarding in contributing to knowledge of social dynamics. An adaptation of general systems theory is proposed as a model for community mental health theory.

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