Behavior therapy techniques as a fulfillment of community mental health ideology.

Due to value orientations, lack of knowledge, or exposure, the behavioral approach has been avoided by many professionals in the community mental health field. This is unfortunate, because many concepts of behavior analysis are identical to some of the guiding principles of the community mental health movement. Furthermore, the methods derived from a behavioral framework can help implement the community mental health idiology. This paper identifies possible linkages in the areas of treatment, client population, and evaluation.