An Administrator's Perspective of Trends in Community Mental Health: An Interview with Norman J. Groetzinger

Abstract

In this interview, Norman J. Groetzinger discusses major trends and challenges in community mental health since 1975 when he became executive director of the Counseling Center of Lake View, in a Chicago neighborhood. He places these trends in broader state and federal contexts and illustrates how mental health agencies and the Counseling Center of Lake View, in particular, have responded to these challenges. Many times persons with mental illness were better served as a result, but at times the changes ended up complicating how professionals go about doing their work.