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This article describes highlights and findings of the 1977 National Conference in Mental Health Administration sponsored by The Staff College, National Institute of Mental Health. Over 100 invited experts from the mental health field were assembled to identify changes, trends and developments most likely to influence the administration of mental health services in the future. Conferees also itemized the skills administrators should possess to anticipate and successfully cope with these emerging issues.
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Drucker, P.Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
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Noel Mazade, Ph.D. is Director, Advanced Training Program in Community Mental Health Administration, The Staff College, National Institute of Mental Health. The author wishes to thank the following Conference group leaders and recorders whose work forms the basis of this article: Dr. Joseph Aponte; Ms. Carolyn Cherington; Dr. Laurel Files; Ms. Lynn Gunn; Mr. Ronald Metzger; Dr. Joseph Morrissey; Mr. Larry Nikkel; Ms. Joan Offutt; Mr. John Sheets; Dr. Richard Surles; and Ms. Ann Thompson.
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Mazade, N.A. Future issues in mental health administration: A report. Administration in Mental Health 6, 154–160 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00820450
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00820450