Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:710-712
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Anticipating the impact of Public Law 93-641 on mental health services
A Milstein
Implementation of the new federal law setting up Health Systems Agencies
(HSAs) on a regional basis offers many opportunities for participation by
psychiatry. On the basis of interviews with mental health service
providers, planners, and citizen representatives, the author formulated an
inventory of the law's potential impacts, grouped around six general
themes. He discusses the positive aspects of each, along with possible
problems and hazards.
