Mental Health and Social Policy: Beyond Managed Care, 6th edition
Published by Pearson (May 14, 2013) © 2014
- David Mechanic
- Donna D. McAlpine
- David A. Rochefort
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In this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Mental Health and Illness as Social Issues
Chapter 2: What Is Mental Illness?
Chapter 3: Psychiatric Epidemiology: Science, Counting, and Making Sense of the Numbers
Chapter 4: The Causes of Mental Illness and Methods of Intervention
Chapter 5: Illness Behavior, the Entrance of Patients into Care, and Patterns of Service Utilization
Chapter 6: The Financing Delivery of Mental Health Services
Chapter 7: Managed Mental Health Care
Chapter 8: Dilemmas of Professional Practice
Chapter 9: A Brief History of Mental Health Policy in the United States
Chapter 10: Building an Effective Community Service System: Knowledge, Aspirations, and Social Policy
Chapter 11: Mental Illness, the Community, and the Law
Chapter 12: Mental Health Policy Analysis
Full Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Mental Health and Illness as Social Issues
The Consequences of Mental Illness
Consequences of Behavior Disorders in Childhood
Societal Burdens and Policy Dilemmas
Chapter 2: What Is Mental Illness?
The Classification of Mental Disorder
Contested Categories of Disorder
The Development of DSM-5
Schizophrenia: An Example in Psychiatric Conceptualization
Is Mental Illness a Social Judgment or a Disease?
Development Models
Conceptualizing Mental Health
Culture and the Definition of Mental Disorder
The Social Policy Connection
The Patient and Society: An Insoluble Dilemma
Chapter 3: Psychiatric Epidemiology: Science, Counting, and Making Sense of the Numbers
Development of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Analytical Quandaries
Continued Use of Symptom Indexes
Special Populations
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Toward a Fourth Generation of Research
Chapter 4: The Causes of Mental Illness and Methods of Intervention
Genes, Environment, and the Brain
The Psychosocial-Development Perspective
The Social-Stress Perspective
Inequality and Risk of Mental Disorders
Psychotherapeutic Approaches
Medication
Other Somatic Treatments
A Note on the Labeling Perspective
Chapter 5: Illness Behavior, the Entrance of Patients into Care, and Patterns of Service Utilization
Patterns of Service Use
Illness Behavior and Selection into Care
Special Populations
Race and Ethnicity
Primary Medical Care and the Promise of Integration
Conclusions
Chapter 6: The Financing Delivery of Mental Health Services
Mental Health Expenditures and Coverage
The Parity Struggle and Its Accomplishments
Payment Changes and Professional and Clinical Responses
Utilization of Services and Financing Patterns
The Economics of Mental Health Care
Psychiatric Care Under Prepayment Plans
The Structure of Insurance and Needed Mental Health Benefits
Impact of the Affordable Care Act
Chapter 7: Managed Mental Health Care
Basic Mechanisms of Managed Care
Types of Managed Care Organizations
Managed Care for Persons with Mental Illness
Opportunities and Special Problems in Managed Mental Health Care
Managed Care Performance
The Regulatory Debate in Managed Care
Chapter 8: Dilemmas of Professional Practice
Mental Health Professions and Their Work Patterns
Trust and the Mental Health Profession
Social Influences on Psychiatric Judgment
Personal and Social Biographies
The Sociocultural Context
Constraints of Practice Organization and Settings
Conclusion
Chapter 9: A Brief History of Mental Health Policy in the United States
A Century of State Hospital Care
The Shift to Community Care
More Attempts at National Policy Reform
Deinstitutionalization: A Deeper Look
Conclusion
Chapter 10: Building an Effective Community Service System: Knowledge, Aspirations, and Social Policy
Assessing Institutional and Community Environments
Mental Illness, Homelessness and Housing
Innovations in Employment
Ongoing Reform of Medicaid
The Role of Disability Programs
Redesigning Community Care Programs
Issues Concerning Case Management
Approaches to Integrating Services
Recognizing the Role of Families
Mental Health Policy and the Contemporary Era
Chapter 11: Mental Illness, the Community, and the Law
Involuntary Hospitalization
Psychiatric Advance Directives
Outpatient Commitment and Mental Health Courts
Criminalization of Persons with Mental Illness
A Note on Dangerousness and the Relationship between Mental Illness and Violence
The Right to Treatment
The Right to Treatment under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Supreme Court Decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
Right to Treatment for Children under Medicaid
Right to Refuse Treatment
The Social Context of Legal Reform in Mental Health
Chapter 12: Mental Health Policy Analysis
Characteristics of the Mental Health Policy Domain
Five Approaches to Mental Health Policy Analysis
Conclusion
References
Name Index
Subject Index
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