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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.9.1321

The authors discuss their attempt to establish a community psychiatry program with an emphasis not on direct services but on consultation to administrative personnel of existing agencies. They present their problems with the community and conclude that psychiatric consultation in the kind of situation they describe is accepted only when direct services are already in effect; also, community participation in planning is essential.

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