title: Israeli culture and the emergence of community mental health practices: the case of the West Jerusalem Mental Health Center.
abstract: The action assumptions which characterize and differentiate cultures affect the creation and functioning of their institutions. Using this analytic framework, the development of a community mental health center in Israel reflects a culture which contains both pioneering and bureaucratic action assumptions. The effects of these assumptions on staff interventions in community problems are traced. Finally, various dimensions of the emerging definition of community mental health practice in Israel are discussed and their problematic features identified.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011570:Psychiatry; D011613:Psychotherapy; D000078329:Workforce