Community Mental Health Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Community_Mental_Health_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mental_Retardation_and_Community_Mental_Health_Centers_Construction_Act_of_1963
gptkbp:amendedBy subsequent mental health legislation
gptkbp:citation gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_246
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enactedBy 88th United States Congress
gptkbp:focus community-based mental health services
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major shift in U.S. mental health care
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Community Mental Health Act
gptkbp:influenced mental health policy in the United States
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_88-164
gptkbp:purpose fund construction of community mental health centers
deinstitutionalization of mental health care
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:deinstitutionalization_movement
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy's_New_Frontier_program
gptkb:President's_Panel_on_Mental_Retardation
mental health reform
gptkbp:replacedBy institutionalization of mental health patients
gptkbp:resultedIn creation of community mental health centers
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
October 31, 1963
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:deinstitutionalization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5