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While changing national priorities and state budget deficits have altered and reduced services, community mental health centers (CMHCs) still exist. The author explores several factors to which CMHC leaders must react now in order to make a place in the future for the descendants of their organizations.
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Baler, G. Community mental health in the year 2001: Is there a place for CMHCs?. Adm Policy Ment Health 21, 325–333 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00709480
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