Service delivery for vulnerable populations : new directions in behavioral health / Steven A. Estrine ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Estrine, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health services.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""[This book] provides a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities for all of us working with vulnerable populations to develop thoughtful, workable programs. The topics presented are not limited to the severely mentally ill, but it is an encyclopedia of resources and creative options for service to veterans, the homeless, the elderly. This book challenges us to think creatively and develop programs and services for the people in our society who are most often overlooked and forgotten."". Alan E. Siegel , Ed.D. Chief, Mental Health Service, MIT. Assistant Clinical Professor of Psycholog

Contents:

Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations; Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations; Defining Severe Persistent Mental Illness; Innovative Programs for Consumers with Psychiatric Disabilities; Children, Youth, and Families; Model Approaches for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance; Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Youth; Sexual Minority and Gender-Variant Adults; Pathways' Housing First; Homeless Veterans; Housing for Older Americans

Behavioral Health Issues for Older AdultsElder Abuse; Understanding the Refugee Experience of Trauma; Innovative Program Approaches to Refugee Trauma; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Disabled Women and Domestic Violence; Jail Diversion Models for People with Mental Illness; Program Evaluation with Vulnerable Populations; Mental Health Meets New Media; Health Literacy and Human Services Delivery; Transformative Impact and Initiatives of the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Movement; The Future of Managed Behavioral Health Care; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-10022-3

9786613100221

0-8261-1856-9

OCLC:

714572267