A community mental health center is adjusting to severe budget cuts. Which service is most likely to be considered for elimination?
a. Toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline services
b. Community education regarding the risk factors of depression
c. Transitional housing for a parent diagnosed with chronic depression
d. Follow-up laboratory testing regarding therapeutic medication levels
B
Major amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1975 required that community mental health centers continue to offer five areas of service. Because of the funding cuts, the services that most community mental health centers reluctantly reduce are their preventive efforts directed toward mental health education, focusing resources on the care of people with diagnosed mental illness.
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