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The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide federal funding for community mental health ...
The act was designed to usher in a new era of community-based treatment of mentally ill individuals, and around the country advocates celebrated the legacy of a vision that—although very incompletely realized—did manage to help transform the care of those with mental illness.
Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act. The law signaled a shift in thinking about how we care for the mentally ill: instead of confining them into institutions, the act was supposed to create community mental health centers to provide support.
The Spartanburg Mental Health Center provides emergency services, case management, outpatient counseling and psychiatric treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and families in Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union Counties. Read more. Non-Discrimination Policy.
Facing growing public pressure to transform the public mental health system, President Kennedy proposed the Community Mental Health Act, the first of several federal initiatives to create a community-based system of care.
The Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963—more commonly known as the Community Mental Health Act (CMHA) (3)—provides a critical historical lesson on the roles of optimism and structure in outpatient care for serious mental illness.
Find behavioral and mental health resources in Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Union Counties. Due to COVID-19, many services have been modified. Address: 203 East Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29304