community psychiatry
A Dictionary of Psychology | Date: 2001
community psychiatry n. A branch of
psychiatry devoted to the prevention and treatment of mental disorders and the provision of mental health care to people in local communities.
© A Dictionary of Psychology 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001.
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