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Community psychiatry has unique values and a unique vision, which radically sets it apart from other behavioral health “disciplines.” Community psychiatry provides a safety net service for a “community”—for a defined population that may need help with behavioral health issues of all kinds. This is critically important: as a safety net provider, anyone who is not “caught” in your net will not receive services anywhere. The consequences of not being engaged may be dire, and in fact, may be a matter of life and death. Consequently, the pride of community psychiatry is its capacity to be responsive to the needs of people and families—“customers”—who have serious needs and would not be able to receive services anywhere else. This responsibility extends not just to the “easy” customers, the ones who neatly fit into our existing service packages, but particularly to “complicated” customers, the ones who may not fit at all, and yet are desperate for help and hope.
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Cline, C.A., Minkoff, K. (2012). Inspiring a Welcoming, Hopeful Culture. In: McQuistion, H., Sowers, W., Ranz, J., Feldman, J. (eds) Handbook of Community Psychiatry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3149-7_8
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