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Title Handbook of Community Psychiatry
Published Springer New York 2012

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Contents Handbook ofCommunity Psychiatry; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction and Background; 1: The Present and Future of Community Psychiatry: An Introduction; Parts I and II: Introduction and Central Pillars; Part III: New Emerging Keys to Practice; Part IV: Practicing-Core Clinical Competencies and Techniques; Part V: Tried and True-Major Evidence-Based Practices; Part VI: Heroes-Promising Practices and Interventions; Part VII: Applied Public Health-Special Populations; Part VIII: Making It All Work-Systems and Administration
Part IX: Shaping the Future-Education, Workforce, and Professional DevelopmentWelcome to the Future: We're Glad You Made It 1; References; 2: History of Community Psychiatry; Introduction; References; Part II: The Basics: Central Pillars of Community Psychiatry; 3: Epidemiology in Community Psychiatry; Incidence and Prevalence; Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders; The Burdens of Proof: The Midtown Manhattan and Stirling County Studies; The Proof of Burden: The Next Generation of Epidemiologic Studies; The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study
The National Comorbidity Surveys and the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology SurveysWorld Mental Health Surveys; Limitations of Cross-Sectional Studies of Common Mental Disorders; Incidence Studies; Observational Studies of Causes; Natural Experiments; Cohort Studies; Strengths and Limitations of Cohort Studies; Case-Control Studies; Conclusion; References; 4: Public Health, Prevention, and Community Psychiatry; Introduction; The Medical Model and the Public Health Model; Key Domains of Public Health; Behavioral Sciences; Health Education and Health Communication
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Health Services ResearchHealth Policy and Health Services Administration and Management; Other Domains of Public Health; Key Domains of Prevention; Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention; Indicated, Selective, and Universal Preventive Interventions; Bene Ơ̐#x81; ts of Incorporating the Public Health Approach; Practicing the Principles of Prevention; Toward Further Integration of Public Health, Prevention, and Community Psychiatry; References; 5: Financing of Community Behavioral Health Services; Introduction; Why Understand Behavioral Health Financing?
How Are CBHO's Funded?Rules and Regulations Govern Access to Funding; Community Mental Health Financing Through Time; Dark Ages Era (Before 1800); The Institutional Era (1800-1950); The Community Services Development Era (1950-2000); Medicare; Medicaid; Community Services Development Era; Federal Mental Health Block Grants; Local Government Grants; Managed Behavioral Healthcare; The Recovery Era (Since 2000); Medicaid and Medicare in the Recovery Era; Conclusion and Summary; References; 6: Advocacy: The Push and Pull of Psychiatrists; Who Advocates?; Methods of Advocacy
Summary During the past decade or more, there has been a rapid evolution of mental health services and treatment technologies, shifting psychiatric epidemiology, changes in public behavioral health policy, and increased understanding in medicine regarding approaches to clinical work that focus on patient-centeredness. These contemporary issues need to be articulated in a comprehensive format. The American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP), a professional organization internationally recognized as holding the greatest concentration of expertise in the field, has launched a methodical process to create a competency certification in community psychiatry. As a reference for a certification examination, that effort will benefit enormously from a comprehensive handbook on the subject
Subject Community psychiatry.
Social psychiatry.
Community Psychiatry
Community psychiatry
Social psychiatry
Form Electronic book
Author Wesley E. Sowers.
Jules M. Ranz.
Jacqueline Maus Feldman.
ISBN 1280786183
9781280786181
9781461431497
1461431492