Social Activism and Community Mental Health: A Policy Perspective.

Wagenfeld, Morton O.; Robin, Stanley S.

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ERIC Number: EJ233853

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Publication Date: 1980

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Social Activism and Community Mental Health: A Policy Perspective.

Wagenfeld, Morton O.; Robin, Stanley S.

Administration in Mental Health, v8 n1 p31-45 Fall 1980

Inner city and urban community mental health staff had high personal role activism but low perceived organizational role activism. Rural staffs perceived the center as expecting more activism. Bureaucratic orientation seems to have replaced early ideological ferver. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Health Services, Employee Attitudes, Environmental Influences, Mental Health Clinics, Professional Personnel, Role Conflict, Role Perception, Rural Urban Differences, Social Action

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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