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Chen, Martin K. – 1980
One of the major problems in measuring community mental health status is the lack of consensus among mental health workers in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and epidemiology as to what constitutes mental illness. Additionally, changing social mores preclude a definition of mental illness in behavioral terms. An operational definition of mental…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Definitions
