Comparative Mental Health Policy

From Institutional to Community Care
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7728-0
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This book presents a comparative analysis of mental health policy in Western Europe and North America. It also considers how and why different policies have developed.

Simon Goodwin examines the transition from institutional to community-based models of care for people with mental health problems, identifying variations in the inception, pace and style in which community-based service provision has emerged in different countries. Goodwin also assesses the problems and issues that have arisen as a result of the shift towards more community-based systems of care and treatment, and argues that it is a policy made up of conflicting aims and purposes, which is reflected in its implementation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodwin, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART ONE: THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Postwar Mental Health Policy
PART TWO: THE ANALYSIS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Introduction
Orthodox Accounts of the Policy Shift
Radical Accounts of the Policy Shift
Problems and Issues within Existing Accounts
Specialization, Accessibility and Variation
Themes in the Analysis of Postwar Mental Health Policy
PART THREE: PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
Introduction
Problems and Issues in Community Care
Service Development Issues
Conclusion
Which Way Forward? Mental Health Services for the New Millennium

Über Autor(innen)

Goodwin, Simon
Simon Goodwin is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at The Manchester Metropolitan University. He is author of Community Care and the Future of Mental Health Service Provision (1990)