Service delivery for vulnerable populations [[electronic resource] ] : new directions in behavioral health / / Steven A. Estrine ... [et al.], editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465485603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer Pub., c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-10022-3; 9786613100221; 0-8261-1856-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (487 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EstrineSteven
• Disciplina: 362.20973
• Soggetti: Mental health services; Medical care; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations; Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations; Defining Severe Persistent Mental Illness; Innovative Programs for Consumers with Psychiatric Disabilities; Children, Youth, and Families; Model Approaches for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance; Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Youth; Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Adults; Pathways' Housing First; Homeless Veterans; Housing for Older Americans; Behavioral Health Issues for Older AdultsElder Abuse; Understanding the Refugee Experience of Trauma; Innovative Program Approaches to Refugee Trauma; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Disabled Women and Domestic Violence; Jail Diversion Models for People with Mental Illness; Program Evaluation with Vulnerable Populations; Mental Health Meets New Media; Health Literacy and Human Services Delivery; Transformative Impact and Initiatives of the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Movement; The Future of Managed Behavioral Health Care; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""[This book] provides a comprehensive understanding of the ; opportunities for all of us working with vulnerable populations to develop thoughtful, workable programs. The topics presented are not limited to the severely mentally ill, but it is an encyclopedia of resources and creative options for service to veterans, the homeless, the elderly. This book challenges us to think creatively and develop programs and services for the people in our society who are most often overlooked and forgotten."". Alan E. Siegel , Ed.D. Chief, Mental Health Service, MIT. Assistant Clinical Professor of Psycholog