Milbank
Q 1987;65 Suppl 2:348-80
Improving the mental health of black Americans: lessons from the community
mental health movement.
Neighbors HW.
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public
Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2029.
The ideology of the community mental health movement in the 1960s--that
psychological distress among black Americans could be prevented if policies
moved away from clinical models to a focus on social-structural change--still
has much to offer. Agendas for both epidemiologic and intervention research
will have to address the antecedents of psychopathology and assess the
strategies of adjustment to social mobility and expectancy problems. Long-term
preventive programs aimed at preschool and elementary school and at job
training offer the greatest promise.
Publication Types: Review; Review, Tutorial
PMID: 3330178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
