Psychiatry and Psychology

Community Psychiatry

Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to etiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to etiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Psychiatry, Community
  • Social Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry, Social

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

80; was PSYCHIATRY, COMMUNITY 1971-79 (Prov 1971-72)

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychiatry (1966-1970)

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Tree Numbers

  1. F04.096w.544w.215
  2. H02w.403w.690w.150

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Community Psychiatry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003158. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003158
  2. Community Psychiatry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69906307