The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy

Author: Gerald N. Grob
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0813539587
Category: Medical

The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy: Radical Reform or Incremental Change? (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine)

Severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most pressing health and social problems in contemporary America. Download The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy medical books for free.
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 comm Get The Dilemma of Federal Mental Health Policy our bestseller medical books.

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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 During the second half of the twentieth century, mental health policy advocates reacted against institutional care, claiming that comm

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