Community Psychiatry in the Canadian Air Division,Europe

A community psychiatry program was developed for R.C.A.F. personnel and members of their families in the Air Division in Europe. The community consisted of about 20,000 people, divided into four separate units in France and Germany. Officers of the personnel branch, the chaplain branch and the medical branch were organized into “caretaker” groups. The methods of integrating the groups and enhancing their effectiveness are described.