486600login-checkIs It the Right Time for a Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Care Delivery? |
— New review highlights evidence for a community-based approach
NEW ORLEANS — Mental health care delivery needs a paradigm shift, according to a review that was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting.
Mental health professionals should move from an individual therapy and pharmacological treatment-focused approach to a community-level, public mental health-focused approach to achieve a more equitable model of mental health care, said Margarita Alegría, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues.
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486600login-checkIs It the Right Time for a Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Care Delivery? |