title: Bringing about a balance.
abstract: Kupers' comment on the cyclical nature of the recent history of mental health in the United States is important and hopeful. Another dimension of the current public mental health scene is the decrease of the federal role in the overall system. This role has been a critically important one in the recent past. Hopefully, it will be restored to its full capacity as the country strives for a balanced system of mental health care for all its citizens.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Richmond 23214.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hargrove
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States