Applied Research and Evaluation in Community Mental Health Services : An Update of Key Research Domains

"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. This book brings together a range of professionals in mental health services - nurses, economists, policy analysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, and lawyers - to provide concise overviews of the difficulties and successes of the mental health community. Contributors deal with issues such as housing, employment support, violence prevention, program oversight, and emergency and collaborative care, providing useful prescriptions for better treatment of mental illness." 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.