Community Psychiatry Glossary

A federal authority under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act allowing the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Servic...

An intensive, team-based service delivery model providing comprehensive mental health services directly in community set...

A formal evaluation process that measures how closely an Assertive Community Treatment team adheres to the evidence-base...

An Assertive Community Treatment team — a multidisciplinary, community-based group that delivers intensive, flexible men...

Court-ordered community mental health treatment for individuals with severe mental illness who have a pattern of non-com...

Intensive, team-based community mental health service delivery model for individuals with severe mental illness who have...

A multidisciplinary, community-based clinical team that provides intensive, flexible, and around-the-clock mental health...

A set of proactive, persistent outreach strategies used by community mental health providers to initiate and maintain th...

A specialised advisory service that helps individuals with mental illness understand how employment or changes in income...

A framework for understanding mental illness that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors as simultaneo...

A payment model where community mental health organizations receive a fixed per-member payment for providing services, r...

A designated geographic region served by a specific community mental health center or program.

A federally certified clinic that provides comprehensive mental health and substance abuse services with enhanced standa...

A law enforcement officer specially trained to respond to mental health crises with de-escalation techniques and connect...

Psychosocial rehabilitation program where members and staff work together as colleagues in a community setting that prov...

A federally-funded organization providing comprehensive mental health services to a designated geographic area.

Simultaneous presence of mental illness and substance use disorder in the same individual, requiring integrated treatmen...

A crisis intervention approach in which a mental health clinician is paired with a law enforcement officer to respond jo...

The U.S. federal legislation enacted in 1963 (P.L. 88-164) that authorised federal funding for community mental health c...

A publicly funded outpatient facility providing a defined range of mental health services to residents within a designat...

A coordinated network of services designed to help individuals with serious mental illness live in the community rather...

The coordinated, uninterrupted delivery of health and mental health services to an individual across different providers...

A hospital-based emergency psychiatric service that provides immediate assessment, stabilization, and disposition planni...

A Medicaid service providing individualized support to help people with mental illness live independently in community s...