Catchmenting and the Use of Mental Health Services

Research on Mental Health Services for Hispanics: Targets of Convergence.

“…Within a few years after President Kennedy's 1963 promise of a “bold new approach” to mental health care (Naierman, Haskins, Robinson, Zook, & Wilson, 1978, p. 3) many previously underserved or unserved Americans began to benefit from the congressionally established Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) program (Tischler, Henisz, Myers, & Garrison, 1972). The program's clinics, designed to help move the focus of mental health care away from human “warehouses” in state and county facilities (Naierman et al, 1978, p. 3), often were located in racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood catchment areas; their services were used predominantly by economically disadvantaged persons (Naierman et al, 1978).…”

Research on Mental Health Services for Hispanics: Targets of Convergence.

“…Within a few years after President Kennedy's 1963 promise of a “bold new approach” to mental health care (Naierman, Haskins, Robinson, Zook, & Wilson, 1978, p. 3) many previously underserved or unserved Americans began to benefit from the congressionally established Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) program (Tischler, Henisz, Myers, & Garrison, 1972). The program's clinics, designed to help move the focus of mental health care away from human “warehouses” in state and county facilities (Naierman et al, 1978, p. 3), often were located in racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood catchment areas; their services were used predominantly by economically disadvantaged persons (Naierman et al, 1978).…”

Locational Factors in the Demand for Mental Health Care

“…The effect of the "catchmenting" arrangement has been to ensure a better delivery of services to the socially disadvantaged [41]. It is associated with a higher volume of care and a greater accessibility of services [42]. On the negative side, the catchment rule can have the effect of forcing attendance at a service facility which is not necessarily the At the intra-city level, this spatial bias is even more noteworthy.…”

Research on Mental Health Services for Hispanics: Targets of Convergence.

“…Within a few years after President Kennedy's 1963 promise of a “bold new approach” to mental health care (Naierman, Haskins, Robinson, Zook, & Wilson, 1978, p. 3) many previously underserved or unserved Americans began to benefit from the congressionally established Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) program (Tischler, Henisz, Myers, & Garrison, 1972). The program's clinics, designed to help move the focus of mental health care away from human “warehouses” in state and county facilities (Naierman et al, 1978, p. 3), often were located in racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood catchment areas; their services were used predominantly by economically disadvantaged persons (Naierman et al, 1978).…”

Locational Factors in the Demand for Mental Health Care

“…The effect of the "catchmenting" arrangement has been to ensure a better delivery of services to the socially disadvantaged [41]. It is associated with a higher volume of care and a greater accessibility of services [42]. On the negative side, the catchment rule can have the effect of forcing attendance at a service facility which is not necessarily the At the intra-city level, this spatial bias is even more noteworthy.…”

Research on Mental Health Services for Hispanics: Targets of Convergence.

“…Within a few years after President Kennedy's 1963 promise of a “bold new approach” to mental health care (Naierman, Haskins, Robinson, Zook, & Wilson, 1978, p. 3) many previously underserved or unserved Americans began to benefit from the congressionally established Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) program (Tischler, Henisz, Myers, & Garrison, 1972). The program's clinics, designed to help move the focus of mental health care away from human “warehouses” in state and county facilities (Naierman et al, 1978, p. 3), often were located in racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood catchment areas; their services were used predominantly by economically disadvantaged persons (Naierman et al, 1978).…”

Locational Factors in the Demand for Mental Health Care

“…The effect of the "catchmenting" arrangement has been to ensure a better delivery of services to the socially disadvantaged [41]. It is associated with a higher volume of care and a greater accessibility of services [42]. On the negative side, the catchment rule can have the effect of forcing attendance at a service facility which is not necessarily the At the intra-city level, this spatial bias is even more noteworthy.…”