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Healing the broken mind : transforming America's failed mental health system /

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Few afflictions are as frightening or as heartbreaking as mental illness. It may be a topic that many would prefer to sweep under the rug, but it is a fact of life that we as a society can and must face. We have come a long way over the past few decades in our understanding of mental illness and its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelly, Timothy A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Mental health services > United States.
Community mental health services > United States.
Mental health services.
Medical care.
Health care reform.
Medical policy.
Mental Health Services
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Reform
Health Policy
United States
Patient Care
Services de santé mentale > États-Unis.
Services communautaires de santé mentale > États-Unis.
Services de santé mentale.
Prestation de soins.
Services de santé > Réforme.
Politique sanitaire.
Soins médicaux.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Medical policy
Medical care
Health care reform
Community mental health services
Mental health services
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Men in diapers : a system in shambles
  • That which is measured improves
  • Monopolies don't work
  • Fair is fair : parity for mental health coverage
  • Let the people speak
  • Transforming America's mental health system.