Applied research and evaluation in community mental health services : an update of key research domains / edited by Evelyn R. Vingilis and Stephen A. State.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vingilis, Evelyn, Author.

Contributor:

Vingilis, Evelyn.

State, Stephen A., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The burden of mental illness on individuals, families, and communities has created profound challenges for our society. In recent years treatments and services for the mentally ill have moved almost exclusively to community settings, yet no comprehensive and progressive policies have emerged to counter stigmatizing and facilitate integration.

Contents:

Community-based treatment : a new idea a hundred years and more in the making / Stephen A. State

Issues and challenges in community mental health services : program and policy evaluation / Evelyn R. Vingilis

Interfacing hospital and community mental health services : the role of the emergency department / Beth Mitchell

Research on community treatment orders / Richard O'Reilly

The criminalization of mental illness / Virginia Aldigé Hiday and Heathcote W. Wales

Perspectives on violence risk assessment and management in mental health services / Ann Rocker, Gilles Côté, and Erika Braithwaite

The social stigma of mental illness / Ross Norman

Consumer participation in mental health services / Geoffrey Nelson and Jill Grant

Housing and mental health / Cheryl Forchuk

Collaborative mental health care : the evolving narrative / Raj Velamoor and Stephen A. State

Current developments in assertive community treatment / Joan Bishop ... [et al.].

Supported employment / Eric Latimer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-345) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-52917-3

9786613841629

0-7735-8656-3

OCLC:

805829805