Future steps in implementing mental health plans

Nationwide planning efforts from 1963 to 1965 have created an almost evangelistic fervor. Aspirations and promises must now be converted into concrete deeds which will significantly benefit the mentally ill and promote mental health. Varying conceptions of community mental health programs are spelled out together with the unique implications of each. To achieve the goals toward which we are striving, major and minor changes will be needed in the deployment of available resources. These realignments will affect nonmental health as well as mental health caregiving agents. The role of citizen committees will assume fresh importance in helping to implement our goals.