Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1355-1358
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
The future of state mental health programs for the chronic psychiatric patient in the community
RL Okin
The author explores the problems facing the chronic psychiatric patient in
the community and discussed the response of federal and state governments
to these problems. Errors of the past and present are delineated and
corrective actions are suggested for the future. Finally, it is argued that
if society is able to meet the challenge posed by the chronic psychiatric
patient in the community it will simultaneously have set up mechanisms to
solve the problems of other disabled and disadvantaged groups of people as
well.
