Handbook on Mental Health Policy in the United States : Greenwood Press : 9780313250095 : 031325009X : 24 Oct 1989 : Covers the historical, policy and administrative aspects of public mental health care. . . . An important addition to academic libraries serving graduate or upper-division undergraduate programs in public administration, health services, community psychology, or public health. Choice As the social and economic costs associated with mental disorders continue to rise, policymakers and mental health administrators are faced with dwindling budgets and the need for expanded and improved services. This ambitious new work offers a thorough examination of these difficult policy issues, together with studies of the population groups affected and the programs and facilities designed to serve them. Written by twenty-nine specialists in the field, it provides analyses of recent empirical findings and a thoughtful review of the challenges that lie ahead. The first two chapters