Rochefort provides a comprehensive review of mental health policy issues in American
society, beginning with early practices that predate the formal" mental health system" and …

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness
as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most …

The chapter addresses the stigma associated with mental illnesses. It begins by
summarizing the development of thinking about labeling and stigma over the past half …

Although there are many scales of family burden that are available and in use, there is no
accepted standard. This paper describes a scale developed to assess the burden of families …

Background We examined the effects of a three-prescription monthly payment limit (cap) on
the use of psychotropic drugs and acute mental health care by noninstitutionalized patients …

This article takes its inspiration from a poem by JL Borges (1923/1972) in which the author
makes a plea to simply be" let in" without being wondered at or required to succeed. Based …

Tensions are inevitable between funders seeking to solve specific health care issues within
existing frameworks and many social scientists who see health and health care as …

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities,
has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing …

During recent years, the need to consider effective and innovative ways to prevent and end
homelessness among individuals with serious mental illness has been abetted by an …

Severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most pressing health and social
problems in contemporary America. Recent estimates suggest that more than three million …