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Book SynopsisTo fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.
Trade ReviewOffers many insights beneficial to the informed reader. -- David Mechanic New England Journal of Medicine 2006 The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the condition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period. JAMA 2007 Will be of greatest interest to students of mental health economics, services, and policy, but clinicians interested in the relationship between health policy and everyday practice will also find it useful. -- Burton V. Reifler International Psychogeriatrics 2007 Provides a necessary counterpart to much overenthusiastic optimism surrounding recent development in psychopharmacology and the neurosciences. -- Bonnie Evans Journal of Mental Health 2008 Offers a fascinating... historical analysis of mental health policy. -- Ellen Dwyer History of Psychiatry 2008 Should be assigned to every practitioner, mental health clinician, administrator, and advocate - as well as every legislator and policy maker - concerned with the status of Americans with serious mental illness. -- William Fisher Psychiatric Services 2007 If one... has time to read one book on mental health policy this year, this should be the one. -- Roger Meyer Health Affairs 2007 A comprehensive assessment of changes in the life conditions and well-being of persons with serious mental illnesses over the past five decades. -- Janet R. Nelson Clergy Journal 2008 A well-written and important work that provides a definitive look at the past and a glimpse into the future of mental health policy in America. -- Kathleen Brown RN, MSN, PhD Nursing History Review 2009
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Population with Mental Illness
3. The Evolving Technology of Mental Health Care
4. Health Care Financing and Income Support
5. The Supply of Mental Health Services
6. Policy Making in Mental Health: Integration, Mainstreaming, and Shifting Institutions
7. Assessing the Well-being of People with Mental Illness
8. Looking Forward: Improving the Well-being of People with Mental Illness
Notes
References
Index
