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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812323103321

Autore

Frank Richard G

Titolo

Better but not well : mental health policy in the United States since 1950 / / Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied ; foreword by Rosalynn Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8910-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GliedSherry

Disciplina

362.2/0973

Soggetti

Mental health policy - United States - History

Mental health services - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The population with mental illness -- The evolving technology of mental health care -- Health care financing and income support -- The supply of mental health services -- Policy making in mental health : integration, mainstreaming, and shifting institutions -- Assessing the well-being of people with mental illness -- Looking forward : improving the well-being of people with mental illness.

Sommario/riassunto

To fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.