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.
Year introduced: 1980
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Tree Number(s): F04.096.544.215, H02.403.690.150
MeSH Unique ID: D003158
Entry Terms:
- Psychiatry, Community
- Social Psychiatry
- Psychiatry, Social
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