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Tables of Contents for Handbook on Mental Health Policy in the United States
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Foreword by Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Preface
Introduction
Mental Illness and Mental Health as Public Policy Concerns
The Contemporary Mental Health System: Facilities, Services, Personnel, and Finances
Epidemiologic Analysis of Mental Health Problems
Psychiatric Epidemiology: An Overview of Methods and Findings
Special Problem Populations: The Chronically Mentally Ill, Elderly, Children, Minorities, and Substance Abusers
Mental Health Policy Development
From the Asylum to the Community in U.S. Mental Health Care: A Historical Overview
A National Community Mental Health Program: Policy Initiation and Progress
The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Block Grant: Origins, Design, and Impact
Mental Health Policymaking in the United States: Patterns, Process, and Structures
Evaluating the Community Mental Health Movement
An Evaluative Overview of the Community Mental Health Centers Program
Community Residential Care
Nursing Homes as Community Mental Health Facilities
Homelessness as a Public Mental Health Problem
The Changing Role of the Public Mental Hospital
Financing, Legal, and Service System Issues
Mental Health Insurance
Legal Issues in Mental Health Care: Current Perspectives
Administrative and Service Provision Issues
Preventive Services in Mental Health
Planning for Mental Health Services
Needs Assessment Techniques
Mental Health System Strategic Planning
Enduring Problems and Opportunities
Toward the Year 2000 in U.S. Mental Health Policymaking and Administration
A Guide to Sources
Name Index
Subject Index