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The mental health commissionership: major changes over a decade
Hospital & Community Psychiatry
|April 1, 1985
Summary
The role of state mental health program directors has become more complex and administrative due to shifts in management, data requirements, deinstitutionalization confidence, and legal constraints. This evolution increases the position's importance and difficulty.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Administration
- Mental Health Services
Background:
- The role of state mental health program directors has undergone significant evolution over the last decade.
- The position has become increasingly complex, with a greater emphasis on administrative duties rather than medical oversight.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the key changes impacting the role of state mental health program directors.
- To discuss the implications of these changes on the position's complexity and effectiveness.
Main Methods:
- The study reviews major shifts in the state mental health program director role.
- It specifically examines four critical themes influencing the position.
Main Results:
- Increased adoption of professional managers in state mental health programs.
- Growing demand for quantitative data in program management.
- Diminished confidence in the deinstitutionalization treatment model.
- Managerial limitations arising from consent decrees.
Conclusions:
- The evolving landscape makes the state mental health program director role more critical.
- These changes concurrently present greater challenges and difficulties for individuals in this leadership position.