Which type of service delivery system is a network of people organized to help those with severe mental illness meet their needs and move toward independence?
a. community mental health
b. community support system
c. home health nursing
d. public health nursing
B
Community support systems were networks organized to meet the needs of individuals with severe mental illness. These groups came about because of deinstitutionalization. The NIMH requested input from consumers, family members, and health professionals on a method to address the needs of individuals who had been discharged from large state hospitals and returned to their communities.
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