Integrated Mental Health Services: Modern Community Psychiatry / Edition 1

by William R. Breakey

Overview

Modern community psychiatry provides public sector psychiatric services to populations in efficient yet cost-effective ways. Increasingly, psychiatrists are applying the same methods and principles in the private sector as better organized managed systems of care are evolving. This book responds to this new interest by providing a thorough examination of community psychiatry. It places modern mental health services in their historical context, describes the methods and programs used to provide such services, and emphasizes integration between service components.
With contributions from some of the foremost authorities in the field of psychiatry, the book discusses the public health principles that underlie community approaches, and present the methods used within the several components of a comprehensive service system in order to address the needs of specific populations, stressing interdisciplinary teamwork and coordination within an integrated service network. In addressing target populations, whether they be the residents of specific geographic areas, or special populations such as homeless people or AIDS victims, community psychiatry deals not only with interactions between clinicians and patients but also with the systems that enable these interactions and services to be provided effectively. In modern community psychiatry, success, measured by cost-effectiveness rather than by its faithfulness to any particular theoretical model, is achieved through interdisciplinary teamwork and the involvement of consumers. This book describes the history of public mental health services and the scientific underpinnings of modern community psychiatry in epidemiology, mental health services research and administration. It will be of interest to those in the field of psychiatry interested in the methods and strategies used to provide the range of services that constitute a comprehensive mental health porogram.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195074215
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	01/28/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	9.56(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.99(d)

Table of Contents

1. Modern Community Psychiatry, William R. Breakey
I. History and Context
2. The Rise and Fall of the State Hospital, William R. Breakey
3. Developmental Milestones for Community Psychiatry, William R. Breakey
4. The Political and Social Context of Modern Community Psychiatry, Steven S. Sharfstein
5. The Evolution of Community Psychiatry in Britain, Hugh L. Freeman
II. The Foundations
6. Epidemiology: The Distribution of Mental Disorders in the Community, Jack F. Samuels and Gerald Nestadt
7. Administration: The Psychiatrist as Manager, Ronald J. Diamond, Leonard I. Stein, and Kathleen Schneider-Braus
8. Mental Health Services Research, Mark Olfson and Howard H. Goldman
9. Quantitative Methods in the Evaluation of Community Mental Health Services, Graham Thornicroft and Paul Bebbington
10. The Catchment Area, William R. Breakey
11. Cultural and Ethnic Sensitivity, Annelle B. Primm, Bruno R. Lima, and Cyprian L. Rowe
12. Citizen and Consumer Participation, William R. Breakey, Laurie Flynn, and Laura Van Tosh
13. The Mental Health System and the Law, Jeffrey S. Janofsky
III. Methods
14. The Outpatient Clinic, Geetha Jayaram
15. The Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia, Mary C. Eaton
16. Assertive Community Treatment, Annelle B. Primm
17. Emergency Services in the Community Psychiatry network, Mark N. Mollenhauer and Michael J. Kaminsky
18. Partial Hospitalization, Gerald Nestadt
19. Inpatient Services, William R. Breakey
20. General Health Care, Gerard Gallucci and Bruno R. Lima
21. Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Ruth A. Hughes, Anthony F. Lehman, and Thomas E. Arthur
22. Housing, Anthony F. Lehman and Sandra J. Newman
23. Case Management, Paila N. Goering and Donald Wasylenki
24. Prevention, William R. Breakey
IV. Services for Special Populations
25. The "Dually Diagnosed", Robert E. Drake, Fred C. Osher, and Stephen J. Bartels
26. Community Service Systems for Children and Adolescents, Michael Bogrov and Raymond L. Crowel
27. Community Service Systems for Older Persons, Susan W. Lehmann and Peter V. Rabins
28. Homelessness and Mental Health Services, Pamela J. Fischer, Paul Colson, and Ezra Susser
29. Patients with HIV Disease, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Marc Fishman, and Glenn J. Treisman

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Patricia M. Meaden, PhD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history, organization and practice of mental health care in the United States. The authors summarize current elements of community mental health care and describe their integration. The book includes problem analysis, pointing to areas in need of further research and development.
Purpose: The author appears committed to providing an integrated summary of mental healthcare, with a view to promoting further development by professionals within the system. In the currently changing healthcare environment, this analytic enterprise is highly desirable.
Audience: Although the editor targets psychiatrists and psychiatrists-in-training, this is an excellent textbook for use by anyone in the field of mental health. It would be particularly useful to researchers and administrators interested in an overview of the history and development of the field of mental health.
Features: This book is both intellectually and esthetically pleasing. The meticulous organization and extensive references are particularly significant in a textbook, and the typeface and paper quality add to the pleasure of reading it.
Assessment: This edited book is an excellent textbook that provides a comprehensive, detailed summary of the history and current practice of all aspects of mental healthcare in the United States. It offers additional information on issues in research, administration, and legal concerns in the field, and it addresses current problems requiring further action. It is the kind of textbook that one keeps close at hand as a basic reference to return to often.

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4 Stars! from Doody

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history, organization and practice of mental health care in the United States. The authors summarize current elements of community mental health care and describe their integration. The book includes problem analysis, pointing to areas in need of further research and development. "The author appears committed to providing an integrated summary of mental healthcare, with a view to promoting further development by professionals within the system. In the currently changing healthcare environment, this analytic enterprise is highly desirable. "Although the editor targets psychiatrists and psychiatrists-in-training, this is an excellent textbook for use by anyone in the field of mental health. It would be particularly useful to researchers and administrators interested in an overview of the history and development of the field of mental health. "This book is both intellectually and esthetically pleasing. The meticulous organization and extensive references are particularly significant in a textbook, and the typeface and paper quality add to the pleasure of reading it. "This edited book is an excellent textbook that provides a comprehensive, detailed summary of the history and current practice of all aspects of mental healthcare in the United States. It offers additional information on issues in research, administration, and legal concerns in the field, and it addresses current problems requiring further action. It is the kind of textbook that one keeps close at hand as a basic reference to return to often.

Patricia M. Meaden