Meds, money, and manners : the case management of severe mental illness / Jerry Floersch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Floersch, Jerry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill--Care.

Mentally ill.

Mentally ill--Rehabilitation.

Mental illness--Treatment.

Mental illness.

Physical Description:

xii, 266 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Floersch shows how and why case management and community support services replaced psychiatry and mental hospitals. The case manager's use of textbook and practical knowledge allows for the management of medication, money, and day-to-day life of adults with severe mental illnesses. Yet, Floersch asks, are social workers state agents controlling clients? This critical study examines everyday written and oral narratives to prove that this common critique is untrue.

Contents:

Chapter 2 The Formation of Community Support Services 17

Chapter 3 The Rise of the Case Manager 42

Chapter 4 Strengths Case Management 61

Chapter 5 Landscape for a Case Manager: The Carless Mentally Ill 83

Chapter 6 Oral and Written Narratives of Case Managers 108

Chapter 7 Money 125

Chapter 8 Meds 150

Chapter 9 The Helper Habitus: Situated Knowledge and Case Management 180

Appendix A. Methods, Data, and Analysis: A Critical-Realist Perspective 215

Appendix B. Continuum of Services 221

Appendix C. Interview Schedule 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-248) and index.

ISBN:

0231122721

023112273X

OCLC:

48144351