Community Mental Health Teams: A Guide to Current Practice

by Tom Burns

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) have evolved over the last 30-40 years to serve patients with mental illnesses who would previously have been treated in large mental hospitals. They play a pivotal role in the provision of mental health care in the developed world. Consisting of nurses, doctors, social workers, and psychologists, the people within these teams work together to care for individuals with severe mental illnesses outside the hospital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198529996
• ISBN13: 9780198529996
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.5"