Mental health policy and practice today. (1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ted R. Watkins, James W. Callicutt, editors.
• Other Names: Watkins, Ted R; Callicutt, James W
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: 362.2/0973; Mental health policy -- United States; Mental health services -- United States; Mental Health Services; Delivery of Health Care -- trends; Health Policy; Mental health services; Mental health policy; Mental health services; Geestelijke gezondheidszorg; Welzijnsbeleid; Psychiatrische Versorgung; Aufsatzsammlung; United States; United States; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452249278
• Related ISBNs: 145224927X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.