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Informationen zum Autor 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) Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This text provides an analysis of mental health policy shift in the UK! Europe and North America - from institutional to community care - and its consequences in practice. 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
