Introduction 1. Introduction to community mental health?, Bob Drake, George Szmukler, Kim Mueser and Graham Thornicroft
Origins of 'community psychiatry'
2. Historical changes in mental health practice, Nikolas Rose
3. Mental health policy in modern America, Gerald Grob
4. Recovery as an integrative paradigm in mental health, Mike Slade and Larry Davidson
Needs: perspectives and assessment
5. Mental illnesses at the population level, Peter Jones, Glyn H. Lewis, Hollie V. Thomas and Mary Cannon
6. Treated and untreated prevalence of mental disorder, Philip Wang
7. The global burden of mental disorder, Martin Prince
8. Expertise from experience: mental health recovery and wellness, Peggy Swarbrick
9. Measuring the needs of people with mental illness, Mike Slade, Graham Thornicroft and Michele Tansella
10. Mental health, ethnicity and cultural diversity: evidence and challenges, Craig Morgan
11. Responding to migration and upheaval, Richard F. Mollica and Maya Semrau
Service components
12. Organising the range of community mental health services, Graham Thornicroft,, Michele Tansella and Robert E, Drake
13. Crisis and emergency services, Sonia Johnson, Jonathan Totman and Lorna Hobbs
14. Early interventions for people with psychotic disorders, Paddy Power and Pat McGorry
15. Case management and assertive community treatment, Helen Killaspy and Alan Rosen
16. Psychiatric out-patient clinics, Thomas Becker and Markus Koesters
17. Day hospital and partial hospitalisation programmes, Aart Schene
18. Individual placement and support: the evidence-based practice of supported employment, Deborah R. Becker, Gary R. Bond,and Robert E. Drake
19. In-patient treatment, Frank Holloway and Lloyd I. Sederer
20. Residential care, Geoff Shepherd and Rob Macpherson
21. Programmes to support family members and caregivers, Amy L. Drapalski and Lisa B. Dixon
22. Medication management, Jonathan Shaywitz and Stephen Marder
23. Managing co-occurring physical disorders in mental heath care, Delia Cimpean
24. Self-management programmes, Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich
Ethical and legal aspects
25. Ethical framework for community mental health, Abraham Rudnick, Cheryl Forchuk and George Szmulker
26. International human rights and community mental health, Oliver Lewis and Peter Bartlett
27. Treatment pressures, coercion and compulsion, George Szmukler and Paul Appelbaum
Stigma and discrimination
28. Public knowledge and awareness about mental illnesses, Tony Jorm
29. Public attitudes towards people with mental illness, Bruce Link, Matthias Angermeyer and Jo Phelan
30. Reducing stigma and discriminatory behaviour, Graham Thornicroft and Nisha Mehta
Policies and the funding
31. Shaping national mental health policies, Harvey Whiteford
32. Using information and evidence to improve mental health care, Michelle Funk, Jodi Morris and Shekhar Saxena
33. Funding mental health services, Daniel Chisholm and Martin Knapp
Assessing the evidence for effectiveness
34. Research designs and evaluating treatment interventions, Peter Tyrer
35. Qualitative research methods in mental health, Rob Whitley
36. Understanding and using systematic literature reviews, Andrea Cipriani and Corrado Barbui
37. Developing Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices, Kim T. Mueser and Robert E. Drake
38. Mental health services in low and middle income countries, R. Srinivasa Murthy
Methods for insuring that effective care is provided
39. Producing guidelines, protocols and toolkits, Troy A. Moore, Alexander L. Miller and Elizabeth Kuipers
40. Implementing guidelines, Amy Cheung, Paula Whitty, Martin P. Eccles and Jeremy Grimshaw
41. Overcoming impediments to community mental health in low and middle income countries, Benedetto Saraceno, Mark van Ommeren and Rajaie Batniji
42. The challenge of integrated care at the programme level, William C. Torrey and Mary F. Brunette
Looking to the Future
43. Summing up: community mental health in the future, Graham Thornicroft, Robert E. Drake, Kim T. Mueser and George Szmukler