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Research studies have documented the success of several models of community-based care for the long-term mentally disabled. Yet despite their success, these models have not been widely implemented. In the present case study, consultation, technical assistance and increased funding were provided to a community mental health agency to facilitate implementing an assertive community treatment program as an alternative to hospitalization. Numerous barriers to implementation were encountered, and an analysis of the community agency's response, based on principles from the planned change literature, is presented. Recommendations for future program change efforts on behalf of the long-term mentally disabled are included.
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Mowbray, C.T., Freddolino, P.P. Consulting to implement nontraditional community programs for the long-term mentally disabled. Administration in Mental Health 14, 122–134 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819196
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