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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-11-16
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0813539587
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy pdf
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Severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most pressing health and social problems in contemporary America. Recent estimates suggest that more than three million people in the U.S. have disabling mental disorders. The direct and indirect costs of their care exceed 180 billion dollars nationwide each year. Effective treatments and services exist, but many such individuals do not have access to these services because of limitations in mental health and social policies.
For nearly two centuries Americans have grappled with the question of how to serve individuals with severe disorders. During the second half of the twentieth century, mental health policy advocates reacted against institutional care, claiming that community care and treatment would improve the lives of people with mental disorders. Once the exclusive province of state governments, the federal government moved into this policy arena after World War II. Policies ranged from those focused on me Download The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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