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4. Community psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Elspeth Guthrie
Affiliation:
Gaskell House, Swinton Grove, Manchester M13 0EU
Dawn Black
Affiliation:
Hope Hospital, Eccles New Road, Salford 6, Lancashire
Madeline Osborn
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
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Community psychiatry is at present an ill defined specialty. The emphasis is on psychiatry practised in the community, often in the context of a community mental health centre (CMHC), although in-patient facilities are still an important component of most services.

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Careers in Psychiatric Specialities
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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Further reading

Fagin, L. (1985) Community Mental Health Centres and Community Mental Health teams – Tackling the Issues. Home Affairs Workshop, London: Kings Fund Centre.Google Scholar
Fink, P. J. (1979) Whatever happened to psychiatry? The deprofessionalisation of community mental health centres. American Journal of Psychiatry, 136, 406409.Google Scholar
Sims, A. (1989) What is the role of the consultant in the community? Psychiatric Bulletin, 13, 490492.Google Scholar
Soni, S. D., Steers, L., Warne, T. & Sang, W. (1989) Multidisciplinary teams and line management, practical problems and areas of conflict in clinical psychiatry. Psychiatric Bulletin, 13, 657661.Google Scholar
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