Mechanic, David,  1936- <br/><br/>
Mental health and social policy :  beyond managed care / 
David Mechanic. 
 - 5th ed. 
 - Boston :  Pearson/Allyn and Bacon,  c2008. 
 - xvi, 320 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-303) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780205545933 0205545939 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007009655 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA754355  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101301068  DNLM 013790261  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental health services--United States.<br/>Mental health policy--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA790.6  / .M37 2008