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Community Psychiatry

Medical Definition: 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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Also Called: Social Psychiatry
Previously Indexed: Psychiatry (1966-1970)
Community Psychiatry Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Preventive Psychiatry - A discipline concerned with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.

Community Psychiatry Medical Definitions and Terms

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