Author: Clifford Whittingham BeersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Mental Hygiene Movement
Author: Clifford Whittingham BeersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Mental Hygiene, Or, An Examination of the Intellect and Passions
Author: William SweetserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emotions
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Better But Not Well
Author: Richard G. FrankPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801889103
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The past half-century has been marked by major changes in the treatment of mental illness: important advances in understanding mental illnesses, increases in spending on mental health care and support of people with mental illnesses, and the availability of new medications that are easier for the patient to tolerate. Although these changes have made things better for those who have mental illness, they are not quite enough. In Better But Not Well, Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied examine the well-being of people with mental illness in the United States over the past fifty years, addressing issues such as economics, treatment, standards of living, rights, and stigma. Marshaling a range of new empirical evidence, they first argue that people with mental illness—severe and persistent disorders as well as less serious mental health conditions—are faring better today than in the past. Improvements have come about for unheralded and unexpected reasons. Rather than being a result of more effective mental health treatments, progress has come from the growth of private health insurance and of mainstream social programs—such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, housing vouchers, and food stamps—and the development of new treatments that are easier for patients to tolerate and for physicians to manage. The authors remind us that, despite the progress that has been made, this disadvantaged group remains worse off than most others in society. The "mainstreaming" of persons with mental illness has left a policy void, where governmental institutions responsible for meeting the needs of mental health patients lack resources and programmatic authority. To fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.
Common Mental Health Disorders
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain)Publisher: RCPsych Publications
ISBN: 9781908020314
Category : Health services accessibility
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Bringing together treatment and referral advice from existing guidelines, this text aims to improve access to services and recognition of common mental health disorders in adults and provide advice on the principles that need to be adopted to develop appropriate referral and local care pathways.
Mental Hygiene
Author: William SweetserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emotions
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Global Mental Health
Author: Vikram PatelPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199920184
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
This is the definitive textbook on global mental health, an emerging priority discipline within global health, which places priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.
The Mental Hygiene Movement
Author: National Committee for Mental HygienePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental health
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Mental Hygiene
Author: The Essentials of New York Mental Health Law
Author: Stephen H. BehnkePublisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393703085
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Answers to 300 questions most relevant to mental-health practice in New York State.
Improving Mental Health
Author: Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D.Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN: 161537082X
Category : Mental health
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
In Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight, Dr. Lloyd Sederer, a renowned psychiatrist, clinical administrator, and public health advocate, explores four foundational truths he has identified over his extensive career. These "secrets," as he calls them, are hidden in plain sight. They are epiphanies, which can enable practitioners, patients and families to better understand mental illness and improve lives. Written for clinicians in both mental health and primary care, as well as lay readers, this eloquent and concise book is full of apt, beautifully crafted patient stories designed to illuminate four secrets for a happier life. Dr. Sederer also uses historical incidents, wisdom culled from books and movies, and research findings to support his theme. Rarely are books written for mental health practitioners so richly drawn, compassionate, and insightful. Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight will help clinicians understand their patients—and patients understand themselves.