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Community mental health's role in the AIDS crisis

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Mental Health concomitants of the AIDS crisis are reviewed along with recommendations for a community mental health response. Proposed interventions range from traditional clinical services to support groups, case management, day treatment, training of caregivers, outreach, consultation, and community education. It is recommended that, at the very least, each community mental health center identify an AIDS specialist who will keep abreast of the rapidly changing information and become the in-house expert. The author predicts that AIDS is likely to become the major mental health problem of the next decade.

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Knox, M.D. Community mental health's role in the AIDS crisis. Community Ment Health J 25, 185–196 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00754436

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