Mental health policy and practice today:
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications c1997
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Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction. Overview of the field of mental health -- Institutional and community approaches to the provision of mental health services -- Political aspects of mental health treatment -- The impact of the courts on mental health policy and services -- Personnel: the professionals and their preparation -- The expanding base of knowledge in mental health. Neuroscientific research in mental health -- Research into social factors in mental illness -- Psychoeducation: a contemporary approach -- Self-help and advocacy groups in mental health -- Mental health services to special populations. Mental health services to immigrants and refugees -- Current perspectives on the homeless mentally ill -- Services to the severely and persistently mentally ill -- Mental health services to Americas's veterans -- Mental health services to minority groups of color -- Women as mental health service recipients and providers -- Treatment of children and adolescents: inpatient and outpatient mental health issues -- Mental health services to older adults -- The state of mental health services to criminal offenders -- Mental health services to substances abusers -- Implications for the 21st century. The influence of technology on mental health services -- Mental health service delivery in the age of managed care -- Looking ahead: issues to be resolved
Brings together practitioners and researchers to describe and reflect upon the dynamic nature of US mental health practice in a period of rapid social change
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 397 p.)
ISBN:0803971389
0803971397
145224927X
9780803971387
9780803971394
9781452249278

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