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Making community based comprehensive mental health services work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Karen White,
Maresa Ness,
Tom Craig and
Gary McNamee
Karen White*
Affiliation:
Folkestone Community Mental Health Centre, 8 Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5BW
Maresa Ness
Affiliation:
Lewin Road, Community Mental Health Centre, West Lambeth Community Care (NHS) Trust, 55 Lewin Road, London SW16 6JZ
Tom Craig
Affiliation:
UMDS, St Thomas' Hospital London SE1
Gary McNamee
Affiliation:
South Western Hospital Pulross Road, London SW9
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∗ Correspondence
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There hat boon until recently a dearth of descriptions of locally targeted community mental health services. Such a service, developed by changing a traditional psychiatric service in an inner setting, is described. The service addresses the needs of those with predominantly severe/enduring mental health problems, by increasingly using research based treatments in an ordinary district setting.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 1996, pp. 93 - 96
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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