title: Four decades of community mental health: a symphony in four movements.
abstract: The authors present a detailed chronological discussion of the evolution of community mental health care in the United States with emphasis on the period of the 40 years since the passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of October 31, 1963.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health and Sciences University, Department of Psychiatry, Portland 97201-3098, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cutler
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Bentson H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: McFarland
mesh_terms: D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000266:history; D008484:Medicaid / Q000266:history; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009315:National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) / Q000266:history; D014481:United States