The purpose of this book is to present an integrated approach to the treatment of the chronic psychiatric patient living in the com- munity. This requires that topics as diverse as pharmacokinetics, psychotherapy and community organization be appropriately coor- dinated. Such an approach is partly complicated by the wide range of differences among patients, in terms of social skills, intellectual capacity and psychiatric diagnosis. In addition, unclear, insular or overlapping roles of various mental health disciplines further con- found integrated treatment efforts. Given such complexity, any...