Synopses & Reviews
Rochefort updates his classic comprehensive review of mental health policy issues in American society, beginning with early practices that predate the formal mental health system and ending with current debates about parity insurance coverage for mental illnesses, managed care, and Medicaid reform. At the same time, he provides a perspective on mental health policy analysis that draws on diverse work in the policy sciences, looks to both applied and theoretical concerns, and gives full recognition to the distinctive nature of mental health care problems. This new edition will be of enhanced value to policymakers in the mental health field as well as to students of American social welfare policy and public administration in general.
Review
The volume has much of value for students of mental health policy, agency managers, and service providers of all kinds. It fills a gap in the literature and is a most welcome addition to the field.Psychiatric Services (on the First Edition)
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This is the first [book dealing with the evolution and transformation of the mental health system] to be written by a political scientist and to be specifically concerned with the process of policy formulation.Journal of Public Health Policy (on the First Edition)
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...cool, authoritative, and remarkably well-documented...an indispensable resource for those who wish to get the story straight about the major issues in our complicated field.American Journal of Psychiatry (on the First Edition)
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This work is adequate as a textbook for undergradute courses related to mental health policy....The greatest value of this book is that it provides a competent and accurate summary of where things stand with mental health policy.The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
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This second edition may be of particular interest to policy makers in the mental health field, as well as to students of american social welfare policy and public administration in general.Administration and Policy in Mental Health
Synopsis
An extensively updated, comprehensive examination of mental health policy issues in American society.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-297) and indexes.
About the Author
DAVID A. ROCHEFORT is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Northeastern University.
Table of Contents
Foreword by David Mechanic
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Approaching Mental Health Policy Analysis
Historical Evolution of Mental Health Policy
U.S. Mental Health Care: The First Three Centuries
The Community Mental Health Revolution
Federal Retrenchment, Block Grants, and State Control
Theoretical and Political Perspectives
Mental Health Policymaking Cycles and Their Causes
Political Factors in Mental Health Policymaking and Service Delivery
Contemporary Policy Trends and Issues
The Challenge of Coordination
Mayor Koch, Joyce Brown, and New York City's Homeless Mentally Ill: A Case Study
Canadian Mental Health Services: The View from Nova Scotia
Mental Health Care and National Health Policy Reform
Deinstitutionalization: Practice and Promise
Conclusion
A System in Flux
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index