Mental health services
Subtitle: a public health perspective
By: edited by Bruce Lubotsky Levin, John Petrila.
Contributors: Levin, Bruce Lubotsky.; Petrila, John.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Mental health services -- United States.; Mental health policy -- United States.
Description: As efforts to develop mental health policy continue, a public health framework within which to examine this process is necessary. This uniquely multidisciplinary work integrates knowledge derived from epidemiologic, treatment, and service systems research to develop such a framework. It provides the basic critical elements for understanding the organization, financing and delivery of mental health and substance abuse services.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.