Overview
Presents key topics and controversies in mental health policy together with issues of funding, implementation, and other practical concerns
Gathers contributions from leading experts under the editorship of three influential researchers from the former MacArthur Foundation Network on Mental Health Policy Research
Appeals to students and scholars in public policy, public health, medicine, social work, psychology, sociology and economics, as well as policymakers at the federal, state, and local level
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of American Mental Health Policy
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Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Policy: Treatment Interventions and Supports
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Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Policy: Cross Sectors and Populations
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About this book
This handbook is the definitive resource for understanding current mental health policy controversies, options, and implementation strategies. It offers a thorough review of major issues in mental health policy to inform the policy-making process, presenting the pros and cons of controversial, significant issues through close analyses of data. Some of the topics covered are the effectiveness of various biomedical and psychosocial interventions, the role of mental illness in violence, and the effectiveness of coercive strategies. The handbook presents cases for conditions in which specialized mental health services are needed and those in which it might be better to deliver mental health treatment in mainstream health and social services settings. It also examines the balance between federal, state, and local authority, and the financing models for delivery of efficient and effective mental health services. It is aimed for an audience of policy-makers, researchers, and informed citizens that can contribute to future policy deliberations.
Reviews
“This handbook offers a comprehensive look at mental health policy, practice, and research … . The intended audience is students, scholars, policymakers, and those who will need to make informed decisions about mental health practice and policy.” (Natasha A Patterson, Doody's Book Reviews, September 06, 2019)
“Samadia Sadouni has innovatively employed a transnational perspective to examine in comprehensive detail the migration Somali Muslims to South Africa and their settlement in the urban life of Johannesburg. Her book reveals how Somali migrants, both past and present, have drawn upon religious identities and resources from across the Southern Africa Indian Ocean region to forge inter-ethnic alliances with Indian and Malay South Africans in order to integrate, with enhanced security, into South Africa’s racial and ethnic hierarchies. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival research, this volume’s incisive analysis provides original insights into the relations between international migration, religion, and social integration in South Africa’s struggles to become what Desmond Tutu called a “rainbow nation.”” (Josh DeWind, Program Director, Social Science Research Council, New York)“An extraordinary book written by leading figures in mental health policy, The Palgrave Handbook of Mental Health Policy will be a landmark work—one which will guide the field for decades.” (John Monahan, Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, USA)
“A timely and important work from a highly accomplished group of mental health policy experts.” (Benjamin Druss, Professor of Health Policy and Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health at Emory University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Howard H. Goldman is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, USA.
Richard G. Frank is the Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, USA.
Joseph P. Morrissey is Research Professor in Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of American Mental Health Policy
Editors: Howard H. Goldman, Richard G. Frank, Joseph P. Morrissey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11908-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11907-2Published: 15 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11908-9Published: 07 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 687
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, US Politics, Public Health, Psychiatry, Health Services Research, Law and Psychology