A COMMENTARY ON THE HNSON-FOUNDATION-PROGRAM-ON-CHRONIC-MENTAL-ILLNESS

Authors
SOMERS SA GUTMAN MA
Citation
Sa. Somers et Ma. Gutman, A COMMENTARY ON THE HNSON-FOUNDATION-PROGRAM-ON-CHRONIC-MENTAL-ILLNESS, The Milbank quarterly, 72(1), 1994, pp. 27-29
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Heath Policy & Services
Journal title
The Milbank quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
0887378X
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
27 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-378X(1994)72:1<27:ACOTH>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program (RWJF) on Chronic Mental Il lness (CMI) was launched in 1984 to help communities improve the care of people with CMI. Nine communities were funded to develop centralize d mental health authorities offering a broad continuum of services. Ex perts and others who worked on this project learned from their experie nce that it is possible to produce dramatic improvements in community- based services for people with CMI and other chronic health conditions .