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 …

As the United States moves toward large-scale health care reform, understanding the
special needs that exist in rural communities becomes more urgent. The scarcity of health …

As a field progresses, people write about their own work in journals, chapters, and books;
but periodically the work needs to be collected and organized. It needs to be brought …

In a replication of a series of studies conducted by Sue and colleagues in the mid-1970s,
demographic and service data were retrieved for the Seattle-King County area from the …

An extensively revised version of the first edition, this text focuses on the practical
foundational knowledge required to practice social work effectively in the complex and fast …

It has been reported repeatedly thatHispanics underuse available mental health services
because those services were not compatible with Hispanic culture. Data collected and …

Federal and state funding for social services has been drastically reduced in the past 10
years. This qualitative study examined nine agencies in Massachusetts to determine social …

Objetivo: Analizar las diferencias entre las variables sociodemográficas, asistenciales y
clínicas de estas dos poblaciones. Metodología: Diseño: descriptivo comparativo. Ámbito …

This article explores the impact of managed care on community mental health outpatient
services in New York State. A survey was sent to directors of all the licensed mental health …

This article describes the changes in the financing of the public mental health system over
the past 40 years. These changes have had profound effect on the organization and delivery …