Community Mental Health Act

GPTKB entity

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
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 gptkb: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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Community Mental Health Act