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The present study was an attempt to assess systematically the attitudes held by physicians in one county in northern Ohio toward the community mental health center in that county and toward community mental health in general.
The results indicated a very wide range of activity in and attitudes toward community mental health. It was found that this variation was not a function of medical specialty or geographic location. Physicians held attitudes toward community mental health less favorable than one might expect on the basis of data from other populations sampled, and they were not involved in the community mental health programs.
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He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the counties community mental health centers.
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Perkins, D.V., Thompson, J.R. An assessment of physicians attitudes toward community mental health. Community Ment Health J 10, 282–291 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410774
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