title: Service planning for chronic mental patients: some principles.
abstract: Services for chronic mental patients in this era of deinstitutionalization present a major challenge to clinicians and planners alike. The complexity of these patients' clinical and other programmatic needs requires that an array of viable comprehensive services be made available to them. Following certain established principles of service planning will help facilitate patients' longitudinal, psychological, financial, and geographical access to care.
authors.affiliation: Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Bachrach
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011613:Psychotherapy