| Description |
xxvii, 466 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Defining severe persistent mental illness : implications for knowledge, needs, and services / Denise Torres -- Innovative programs for consumers with psychiatric disabilities / Phyllis Solomon ... [et al.] -- Children, youth, and families : needs and issues / Heidi Arthur, Susan Bowler, and Nina Rose Fisher -- Model approaches for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance : systems of care and wraparound / Nina Rose Fischer -- Sexual minority and gender-variant youth : the heterogeneity of health-care needs / Maria Messina, Sel L. Hwahng, and Anthony Vavasis -- Sexual minority and gender-variant adults : resiliencies and vulnerabilities in health care / Maria Messina and Sel L. Hwahng -- Pathways' housing first : a consumer-driven approach to ending homelessness and promoting recovery / Sam Tsemberis and Ben Henwood -- Homeless veterans : the big picture and the New York experience / Henrietta Fishman -- Housing for older Americans / Kenneth A. Knapp and Charlotte Muller -- |
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Behavioral health issues for older adults : substance abuse and psychiatric disability / Frank Guida and Steven A. Estrine -- Elder abuse : the hidden epidemic / Nora O'Brien-Suric and Judith Estrine -- Understanding the refugee experience of trauma / Andrea K. Blanch -- Innovative program approaches to refugee trauma / Andrea K. Blanch -- Intellectual and developmental disabilities / Jan L. Roth -- Disabled women and domestic violence : notes from the field / Paul Feuerstein -- Jail diversion models for people with mental illness / Charles Amrhein and Virginia Barber-Rioja -- Program evaluation with vulnerable populations / Nancy A. Hepler ... [et al.] -- Mental health meets new media : a powerful new portal for increased access to mental health services / Jill Wolski Ordonez and Michael Cheng -- Health literacy and human services delivery / Sandra A. Smith -- Transformative impact and initiatives of the mental health consumer/survivor movement / Harvey Rosenthal -- The future of managed behavioral health care / Ann Boughtin and C. Richard Orndoff |
| Summary |
Vulnerable populations typically present with multiple overlapping issues, such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, or other health conditions that require varying services and treatments. This book provides students and professionals in health care and service delivery with innovative programs and models to address the needs of these vulnerable populations |
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This essential text offers new approaches to program design, service delivery, evaluation, and funding. Strategies for introducing these innovationsùsuch as cross-system coordination and blended fundingùare described in detail using real, evidence-based programs from around the country as examples. Experts from across program delivery systems, as well as from academia and government, share their practice experience |
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-Addresses innovative services for children and youth with multiple mental health and/or substance abuse needs |
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-Describes health care needs for LGBTQ youth and adults |
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-Examines housing issues for persons with psychiatric disabilities, veterans, and older adults |
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-Offers innovative program approaches for refugees, older adults and the disabled |
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-Discusses the impact of new media, health literacy, and the consumer/survivor movement on service delivery --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical care.
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Mental health services -- United States.
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Mental health services.
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Mental Health Services.
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Vulnerable Populations.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Health Services Research.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Estrine, Steven.
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| LC no. |
2010047829 |
| ISBN |
9780826118554 paperback alkaline paper |
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0826118550 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780826118561 ebook alkaline paper |
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0826118569 e-book alkaline paper |
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