title: Collaboration between providers and client-consumers in public mental health programs.
abstract: As client-consumer groups grow, their role in the design and implementation of community mental health services is enlarged. Just as the psychotherapist must pay attention to the client's desires, so must mental health providers pay close attention to the wishes of client-consumers and their potential contribution to the evolution of the service delivery system.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States