Advanced Search

The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 124, No. 8

Articles | February 01, 1968

The Challenge of the Community Mental Health Movement to Psychoanalysis

ROBERT S. WALLERSTEIN

Am J Psychiatry 1968;124:1049-1056.

View Article Information

Chief, department of psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94115

1967-68, American Psychiatric Association

Article

text A A A

PDF of the full text article.

Abstract

There is real danger today that community mental health programs will grow up apart from and conceptually antithetical to psychodynamic thinking. The author traces the unfortunate consequences should such a separation ensue. Rather than doing away with the need for individually oriented treatment, the proper development of a community mental health program actually generates an increased pressure for individual psychiatric care and psychotherapy. The specific enlargements of the usual purview of psychiatric practice brought about by a commitment to the community mental health concept are discussed within this framework.

Figures in this Article

Your Session has timed out. Please sign back in to continue.

Username

Password

Sign in via Athens (What is this?)

Athens is a service for single sign-on which enables access to all of an institution's subscriptions on- or off-site.

Forgot Password?

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now/Learn More

Purchase Online access to this article for 24 hours

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-IV-TR® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing PsychiatryOnline@psych.org or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

CME Activity

There is currently no quiz available for this resource. Please click here to go to the CME page to find another.

Submit a Comments

Please read the other comments before you post yours. Contributors must reveal any conflict of interest.
Comments are moderated and will appear on the site at the discertion of JBJS editorial staff.

* = Required Field

Comment Author(s)*(if multiple authors, separate names by comma)

Example: John Doe

Affiliation & Institution*

Comment Title*

Comment*

Cancel

Topics

Product Recommendation

CME Activity