Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: citizenship roots in outreach work -- Citizenship and community organizing : citizens -- Citizenship and individuals : the citizens project, early -- Citizenship and individuals : the citizens project, ongoing -- Going to the source : citizenship measure development and validation -- Taking citizenship to scale : the citizens collaborative I -- Taking citizenship to scale : the citizens collaborative II -- Taking citizenship to scale : the citizens collaborative III -- A model of citizenship and mental health -- Conclusion -- References & notes -- Bibliography.

More than 50 years ago, President Kennedy gave an address to congress that launched the community mental health movement in the U.S. This movement involved a vast and complex effort to replace the wholesale institutionalization of people with serious mental illnesses with community mental health centers, public education on mental illness, and prevention efforts. The mission and main thrust of this new movement, however, were quite simple: we would provide effective mental health treatment to people in their home communities and provide the conditions for them to have 'a life in the community.