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Demographic data and mental health planning

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The use of readlily available demographic data in mental health planning is discussed and illustrated. Four indices are identified as important in setting priorities for mental health services: social class, family organization, population mobility, and population heterogeneity.

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  1. Training and Evaluation, Sub Region 8, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Chicago

    Robert P. Beech (Coordinator for Research)

  2. Community Mental Health Center of Palm Beach County, Florida

    Alan R. Fiester (Coordinator of Evaluation Research)

  3. Illinois Mental Health Institutes, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago

    Wade S. Silverman (Director of Continuing Education)

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Beech, R.P., Fiester, A.R. & Silverman, W.S. Demographic data and mental health planning. Administration in Mental Health 3, 166–173 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02619677

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