A shift in the psychiatric nursing focus during the community mental health period of the 1960s resulted in:

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The community mental health movement brought with it a broadening of areas of concern to the psychiatric nurse. It became acceptable, even desirable, for psychiatric nurses to focus on what was called the worried well, as opposed to providing care for acutely ill psychotic individuals. Neither disillusionment with the numbers seeking treatment nor providing more services to those with severe mental illness occurred.

A Shift in the Psychiatric Nursing Focus During the Community