Author: Jonathan L. YorkPublisher:
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Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Community Mental Health Centers and Nursing Homes
Author: Jonathan L. YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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From Asylum to Community
Author: Gerald N. GrobPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400862302
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The distinguished historian of medicine Gerald Grob analyzes the post-World War II policy shift that moved many severely mentally ill patients from large state hospitals to nursing homes, families, and subsidized hotel rooms--and also, most disastrously, to the streets. On the eve of the war, public mental hospitals were the chief element in the American mental health system. Responsible for providing both treatment and care and supported by major portions of state budgets, they employed more than two-thirds of the members of the American Psychiatric Association and cared for nearly 98 percent of all institutionalized patients. This study shows how the consensus for such a program vanished, creating social problems that tragically intensified the sometimes unavoidable devastation of mental illness. Examining changes in mental health care between 1940 and 1970, Grob shows that community psychiatric and psychological services grew rapidly, while new treatments enabled many patients to lead normal lives. Acute services for the severely ill were expanded, and public hospitals, relieved of caring for large numbers of chronic or aged patients, developed into more active treatment centers. But since the main goal of the new policies was to serve a broad population, many of the most seriously ill were set adrift without even the basic necessities of life. By revealing the sources of the euphemistically designated policy of "community care," Grob points to sorely needed alternatives. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Mental Health in Nursing Homes
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Human ServicesPublisher:
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Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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The Elderly Remain in Need of Mental Health Services
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Nursing Home Care in the United States: The role of nursing homes in caring for discharged mental patients (and the birth of a for-profit boarding home industry)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term CarePublisher:
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Category : Nursing home care
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Planning of Facilities for Mental Health Services
Author: United States. Surgeon General's Ad Hoc Committee on Planning for Mental Health FacilitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Volunteers in Community Mental Health
Author: National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309038324
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.
Community Mental Health and the Law
Author: Community Volunteers in Mental Health
Author: National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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