Community Psychiatry
| Definition: |
Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to etiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community. |
| Notes: |
SPEC: SPEC qualif |
| Also Called: |
Social Psychiatry |
| Previously Indexed: |
Psychiatry (1966-1970) |
Community Psychiatry Categories.
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Preventive Psychiatry - A discipline concerned with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health. |
Community Psychiatry Definitions and Terms
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