title: Training psychiatrists to work with community support systems for chronically mentally ill persons.
abstract: Community support programs are becoming a major priority in community mental health centers throughout the country. The authors present a training design that integrates principles and skills associated with this model into a 4-year residency training program. The aim of such programs is to keep young psychiatrists involved and in the forefront of the newer approaches to the treatment of chronically mentally ill persons.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*