The Community: The New Mental Health Frontier
- Title:
- The Community: The New Mental Health Frontier
- Creator:
- Gorman, Mike
- Date:
- 15 October 1956
- Description:
- In this speech given at the Bulletin Civic Service Committee Workshop on Mental Health in Philadelphia, Gorman developed themes he would use in many subsequent addresses on community mental health resources: the need to involve primary care physicians as the first line of defense against mental health problems; the need to include psychiatric units in general hospitals; the need to establish treatment facilities for emotionally disturbed children; the need for more flexible facilities for psychiatric treatment; and the need for follow-up care for patients discharged from mental hospitals.
- Location:
- Box: 10. Folder: 17
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Genre:
- Speeches
- Subject:
- Community Mental Health Services and Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 15 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy ID:
- TGBBBH
- NLM ID:
- 101743403X6
- Profiles Collection:
- The Mike Gorman Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X6
- Story Section:
- A Full-time Activist: The National Committee Against Mental Illness, 1953-1963