| Description |
xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword - Michael M Faenza -- Part One: Introduction -- Overview of the Field of Mental Health - James W Callicutt -- Institutional versus Community Approaches to the Provision of Mental Health Services - Vikki L Vandiver -- Political Aspects of Mental Health Treatment - James I Martin -- The Impact of the Courts on Mental Health Policy and Services - Brian D Shannon -- Personnel - James W Callicutt and David H Price -- The Professionals and Their Preparation -- Part Two: The Expanding Base Of Knowledge In Mental Health -- Neuroscientific Research in Mental Health - William H Wilson -- Research into Social Factors in Mental Illness - David W Millard -- Psychoeducation - Cassandra Simon -- A Contemporary Approach -- Self-Help and Advocacy Groups in Mental Health - Ted R Watkins and James W Callicutt -- Part Three: Mental Health Services To Special Populations -- Mental Health Services to Immigrants and Refugees - Muriel Yu -- Current Perspectives on the Homeless Mentally Ill - R Duane Hopson and Ted R Watkins -- Services to the Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill - Vikki L Vandiver -- Mental Health Services to America's Veterans - David H Price -- Mental Health Services to Minority Groups of Color - John S McNeil and Robin Kennedy -- Women as Mental Health Service Recipients and Providers - Theresa Bruno Mulloy -- Treatment of Children and Adolescents - Christian E Molidor -- Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Issues -- Mental Health Services to Older Adults - John S McNeil and Robert L Canon -- The State of Mental Health Services to Criminal Offenders - Charles Turnbo and Donald W Murray Jr -- Mental Health Services to Substance Abusers - Ted R Watkins -- Part Four: Implications For The 21st Century -- The Influence of Technology on Mental Health Services - Albert D Farrell -- Mental Health Service Delivery in the Age of Managed Care - E Clarke Ross and Collette Croze -- Looking Ahead - James W Callicutt and Ted R Watkins -- Issues To Be Resolved |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Mental health policy -- United States.
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Mental health services -- United States.
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| Author |
Callicutt, James W.
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Watkins, Ted R.
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| LC no. |
96051206 |
| ISBN |
0803971389 (cloth) |
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0803971397 (paperback) |
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