Managing Madness in the Community The Challenge of Contemporary Mental Health Care

Name: Managing Madness in the Community The Challenge of Contemporary Mental Health Care
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ISBN: 9780813563084

ISBN-10: 0813563089

ISBN-13: 9780813563084

Edition: 2014

Authors: Kerry Michael Dobransky

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While mental illness and mental health care are increasingly recognized and accepted in today's society, awareness of the most severely mentally ill--as well as those who care for them--is still dominated by stereotypes. Managing Madness in the Community dispels the myth. Readers will see how treatment options often depend on the social status, race, and gender of both clients and carers; how ideas in the field of mental health care--conflicting priorities and approaches--actually affect what happens on the ground; and how, amid the competing demands of clients and families, government agencies, bureaucrats and advocates, the fragmented American mental health system really works--or…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 3/27/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English