R Alarcon
Present trends of communitary Psychiatry are considered, with an assessment of their measurable parameters and degrees of feasibility. Three models are set forth, taking into account their principal factors: primary mental health agents, actual resources, socio-political structures, geographical setting, cultural patterns, possible strategies, and community participation. Model I is a traditional one, it relies on decisions taken from the administration, which endows both scientific authority and normative power...
January 1976: Acta Psiquiátrica y Psicológica de América Latina