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Community Mental Health A Practical Guide

by: Burti, Lorenzo; Mosher, Loren R.

Community Mental Health A Practical Guide

by: Burti, Lorenzo; Mosher, Loren R.

ISBN 13:
9780393701654
ISBN 10:
0393701654
Edition: 00
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/17/1994
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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In this abridged and revised edition of their 1989 text, the authorsfocus on the what and how of effective community mental health.Following the guidelines outlined here will enable clinicians toprovide services that are cost-effective, humane, and growth-promoting.

Foreword
Preface
What You Can Expect from This Book	p. 1
Context
The Ups and Downs of Community Mental Health in the United States	p. 13
The Context of Public Mental Health	p. 19
A Dinosaur to Be: A Proposal for Limiting Use of Psychiatric Hospitals	p. 39
Is Psychotropic Drug Dependence Really Necessary?	p. 46
Psychosocial Intervention
Interviewing: Making All the Right Moves	p. 59
Ongoing Involvement	p. 85
A Model for Effective Community Mental Health
How to Organize a User Friendly System	p. 99
A Community Services Smorgasbord	p. 113
Power to the People: Staffing	p. 166
The Italian Experience	p. 182
Working Against the Odds: Morrisania Mental Health Services, South Bronx, New York	p. 204
Ingredients of Success
What We Have Learned from All This	p. 225
Summary: Contextual Confusions and Some Recommended Remedies	p. 231
Appendix: Medications for Mental Illness and Other Mental Disorders	p. 239
References	p. 255
Index	p. 268
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Community Mental Health A Practical Guide

Community Mental Health A Practical Guide

9780393701654

0393701654

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