Behavioral and Mental Health Care Policy and Practice: A Biopsychosocial Perspective

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Cynthia Moniz Stephen Gorin

Behavioral and Mental Health Care Policy and Practice

A Biopsychosocial Perspective

Cynthia Moniz, Stephen Gorin

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Routledge
23 February 2018

Sociology; Social work; Personal & public health; Mental health services

Cynthia Moniz and Stephen Gorin’s Behavioral and Mental Health Care Policy and Practice: A Biopyschosocial Perspective is a new mental health policy textbook that offers students a model for understanding policy in a framework that addresses policy practice. Edited to read like a textbook, each chapter is written by experts on an aspect of mental health policy. The book contains two parts: Part I chronicles and analyzes the evolution of mental health policy; Part II analyzes current policy and teaches students to engage in policy practice issues in different settings and with diverse populations.

Edited by: Cynthia Moniz, Stephen Gorin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 187mm,
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781138189898
ISBN 10: 1138189898
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 23 February 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PART I. Where We Are and How We Got Here Chapter 1. Mental Health under the Affordable Care Act Chapter 2. The Early Years: From the Mental Hygiene Movement to NIMH Chapter 3. Medicare, Medicaid and Community Mental Health Chapter 4. The Cost of Health Care and Strategies for Containment Chapter 5. Structure and Funding of Behavioral and Mental Health Care System PART II. Policy Practice: Advancing Access to Behavioral and Mental Health Care Chapter 6. Social Workers and Policy Practice: Affecting Policy and Achieving Policy Action Chapter 7. Analyzing the Problem: Access Chapter 8. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for People of Color and Latinos Chapter 9. Analyzing the Problem: Gender Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health Chapter 10. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for Children and Youth Chapter 11. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for Older Adults Chapter 12. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Chapter 13. Advocating for Policies that Expand Coverage, Control Costs, and Build a Strong Community-Based Behavioral and Mental Health System

Cynthia D. Moniz is Professor Emeritus of Social Work and Department Chair at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Stephen H. Gorin is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.