Mental health and social policy : beyond managed care / David Mechanic.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2008.Edition: 5th edDescription: xvi, 320 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780205545933
  • 0205545939
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA790.6 .M37 2008
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Contents:
Mental health and the mental health professions -- What are mental health and mental illness? -- Psychological disorder and the flow of patients into treatment: the study of psychiatric epidemiology -- Conceptions of the causes of and means of controlling mental illness -- The development of mental health policy in the United States -- The recognition of mental disorders -- The financing and delivery of mental health services -- Institutionalism and deinstitutionalization: building an effective community services system -- Innovations in mental health services -- The social context of mental health practice: foundations of trust -- Mental illness, the community, and the law.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-303) and indexes.

Mental health and the mental health professions -- What are mental health and mental illness? -- Psychological disorder and the flow of patients into treatment: the study of psychiatric epidemiology -- Conceptions of the causes of and means of controlling mental illness -- The development of mental health policy in the United States -- The recognition of mental disorders -- The financing and delivery of mental health services -- Institutionalism and deinstitutionalization: building an effective community services system -- Innovations in mental health services -- The social context of mental health practice: foundations of trust -- Mental illness, the community, and the law.

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