Abstract
Reductions in federal and state funding are being accompanied by a greater emphasis on private health insurance. This has increased the trend in mental health toward the for profit corporation. Larger numbers of chronic patients are being shifted to the public sector with fewer resources to provide quality care. The for profit corporate ethos is on the ascendance in mental health; humanitarianism and the community have become secondary.
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Levine, S., Rosen, R., Kennon, T. et al. Corporatization and community health services. Adm Policy Ment Health 17, 67–78 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00706398
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