title: Community-based care of the mentally ill: a research review.
abstract: A review designed to assess the state of the art of social work research in mental health discovered that a number of important studies have built knowledge cumulatively on community-based care of the chronically mentally ill. This article highlights the major findings of the studies, as well as their methodological strengths and weaknesses.
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric