Biomaterial Database

Citizen participation in community mental health center service delivery. 1981

W Riley

Citizen involvement in CMHC service delivery has two bases: (a) volunteerism and (b) identification with clients and citizens who may need services. This identification is expressed two ways, as cultural similarity to clients or social activism in their behalf. Paraprofessionals have been portrayed as a major mechanism. Current practice shows some discrepancy from the theoretical program goals. While CMHCs include an appreciable number of volunteers and mental health workers with less than a BA degree, the extent to which they augment services with community or social activism values is doubtful.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011566	Psychiatric Aides	Persons who assist in the routine care of psychiatric persons, usually under the supervision of the nursing department.	Psychiatric Hospital Orderlies,Psychiatric Ward Attendants,Aide, Psychiatric,Aides, Psychiatric,Attendant, Psychiatric Ward,Attendants, Psychiatric Ward,Hospital Orderlies, Psychiatric,Hospital Orderly, Psychiatric,Orderlies, Psychiatric Hospital,Orderly, Psychiatric Hospital,Psychiatric Aide,Psychiatric Hospital Orderly,Psychiatric Ward Attendant,Ward Attendant, Psychiatric,Ward Attendants, Psychiatric
D003155	Community Mental Health Centers	Facilities which administer the delivery of psychologic and psychiatric services to people living in a neighborhood or community.	CMHC
D003159	Community-Institutional Relations	The interactions between members of a community and representatives of the institutions within that community.	Community Outreach,Community Relations,Community Institutional Relations,Community Relation,Community-Institutional Relation,Outreach, Community,Relation, Community,Relation, Community-Institutional,Relations, Community,Relations, Community-Institutional
D003256	Community Participation	Involvement of members of the community in the affairs of that community.	Community Action,Consumer Involvement,Consumer Participation,Community Involvement,Public Participation,Action, Community,Actions, Community,Community Actions,Community Involvements,Consumer Involvements,Involvement, Community,Involvement, Consumer,Involvements, Community,Participation, Community,Participation, Consumer,Participation, Public
D005006	Ethnicity	A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.	Ethnic Groups,Nationality,Ethnic Group,Nationalities
D006301	Health Services Needs and Demand	Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.	Health Services Needs,Needs,Needs and Demand, Health Services,Target Population,Health Services Need,Need, Health Services,Needs, Health Services,Population, Target,Populations, Target,Target Populations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014838	Volunteers	Persons who donate their services.	Voluntary Workers,Volunteer Personnel,Untrained Personnel,Volunteer Workers,Volunteerism,Personnel, Untrained,Personnel, Volunteer,Voluntary Worker,Volunteer,Volunteer Worker,Worker, Voluntary,Worker, Volunteer