Handbook on Mental Health Policy in the United States

Name: Handbook on Mental Health Policy in the United States
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ISBN: 9780313250095

ISBN-10: 031325009X

ISBN-13: 9780313250095

Edition: 1989

Authors: David A. Rochefort

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As the social and economic costs associated with mental disorders continue to rise, policymakers and mental health administrators are faced with dwindling budgets and the need for expanded and improved services. This ambitious new work offers a thorough examination of these difficult policy issues, together with studies of the population groups affected and the programs and facilities designed to serve them. Written by twenty-nine specialists in the field, it provides analyses of recent empirical findings and a thoughtful review of the challenges that lie ahead. The first two chapters examine central policy concerns and the elements that make up the mental health service system.…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 10/24/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 563
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction


Mental Illness and Mental Health as Public Policy Concerns


The Contemporary Mental Health System: Facilities, Services, Personnel, and Finances


Epidemiologic Analysis of Mental Health Problems


Psychiatric Epidemiology: An Overview of Methods and Findings Special


Problem Populations: The Chronically Mentally Ill, Elderly, Children, Minorities, and Substance


Abusers Mental Health Policy Development From the Asylum to the Community in U.S. Mental Health Care: A Historical Overview


A National Community Mental Health Program: Policy Initiation and Progress


The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Block Grant: Origins, Design, and Impact Mental Health


Policymaking in the United States: Patterns, Process, and Structures


Evaluating the Community


Mental Health Movement


An Evaluative Overview of the Community


Mental Health Centers


Program Community Residential Care


Nursing Homes as Community Mental Health Facilities


Homelessness as a Public Mental Health Problem


The Changing Role of the Public Mental Hospital


Financing, Legal, and Service System Issues


Mental Health Insurance


Legal Issues in Mental Health Care: Current Perspectives


Administrative and Service Provision


Issues Preventive Services in Mental Health


Planning for Mental Health Services


Needs Assessment Techniques Mental Health System


Strategic Planning Enduring Problems and Opportunities Toward the Year 2000 in U.S.


Mental Health Policymaking and Administration


A Guide to Sources


Name Index


Subject Index