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It is less than 30 years since individual psychotherapy provided in a psychiatrist’s office or inpatient hospitalization were the dominant means of addressing mental health problems. Since that time the landscape of mental health has changed dramatically. Some of these changes, as noted in previous chapters, have been in our understanding of the causes and treatment of disorders. A parallel set of changes, that built on these developments and others, took place under the rubric of the community mental health movement. As this label implies, a core characteristic of community mental health approaches is their emphasis on the role of external, environmental factors in the development and treatment of mental disorders. These approaches differ from their predecessors in what they see as the appropriate timing, locations, resources and goals of mental health services. Mental health services that are provided in such nontraditional sites for treatment as the school, workplace, or home, that focus on early intervention or prevention, that use nonprofessionals to deliver the intervention, and that focus on the building of strengths as well as alleviation of disorder are now all established parts of the mental health care system. All of these have their origins in the community mental health movement. Before we turn to a discussion of specific strategies and programs that are representative of these changes, let us briefly consider some of the factors that led to the emergence of these shifts in the mental health landscape.
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Felner, R.D., DuBois, D., Adan, A. (1991). Community-Based Intervention and Prevention. In: Walker, C.E. (eds) Clinical Psychology. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9715-2_18
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