From Poorhouses to Homelessness - Policy Analysis and Mental Health Care, 2nd Edition

Rochefort updates his classic comprehensive review of mental health policy issues in American society, beginning with early practices that predate the formal mental health system and ending with current debates about parity insurance coverage for mental illnesses, managed care, and Medicaid reform. At the same time, he provides a perspective on mental health policy analysis that draws on diverse work in the policy sciences, looks to both applied and theoretical concerns, and gives full recognition to the distinctive nature of mental health care problems. This new edition will be of enhanced value to policymakers in the mental health field as well as to students of American social welfare policy and public administration in general.

List of contents

Foreword by David Mechanic
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Approaching Mental Health Policy Analysis
Historical Evolution of Mental Health Policy
U.S. Mental Health Care: The First Three Centuries
The Community Mental Health Revolution
Federal Retrenchment, Block Grants, and State Control
Theoretical and Political Perspectives
Mental Health Policymaking Cycles and Their Causes
Political Factors in Mental Health Policymaking and Service Delivery
Contemporary Policy Trends and Issues
The Challenge of Coordination
Mayor Koch, Joyce Brown, and New York City's Homeless Mentally Ill: A Case Study
Canadian Mental Health Services: The View from Nova Scotia
Mental Health Care and National Health Policy Reform
Deinstitutionalization: Practice and Promise
Conclusion
A System in Flux
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

About the author

DAVID A. ROCHEFORT is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Northeastern University.

Product details

• Authors: David Rochefort, Rochefort David A.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.1997
• EAN: 9780865692749
• ISBN: 978-0-86569-274-9
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Disability: social aspects, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Central government policies