Mental Health and Social Policy: Beyond Managed Care [Paperback]

Overview of changes

• Entirely new chapters on Mental Health and Illness as Social Issues, and Mental Health Policy Analysis.
• Expansion of the history of mental health to include recent policy and service activities, as well as more in-depth discussion of past developments.
• Coverage of many new topics, including advances in biology and somatic treatments; advances in psychotherapy; implications of the Affordable Care Act for mental health insurance coverage and services; mental health courts; psychiatric advance directives; recent developments with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA); mental illness trends and treatment needs among children, the elderly, and disadvantaged populations.
• An update on the evolution of managed care practices in private and public settings
• Latest attempts by policy makers and planners to convert the concept of recovery into a set of practical principles for guiding improvement of the mental health system.
• Updated empirical information on the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to community support and social integration of people with serious mental illnesses.

The most authoritative evidence-based approach to mental health policy and design.

 

Rooted in research findings that support an evidence-based orientation to treatment and recovery, the sixth edition of Mental Health and Social Policy takes a multidisciplinary approach to mental health and social policy. It examines the nature, origins, distribution, and consequences of disorders, lc½