International Handbook on Mental Health Policy
This international handbook is the first to analyze mental health policies systematically across a variety of both developed and developing countries. Mental health and public policy experts survey current policies, the public policy process, and critical issues in twenty countries that are representative of different problems. The work considers the treatment of the mentally ill and mentally retarded, mentally disordered offenses, questions of substance abuse, deinstitutionalization, funding, and consumer rights. This major reference, with its comprehensive and comparative survey, is designed for scholars, students, and professionals who deal with mental health and public policy issues.
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International Handbook on Mental Health Policy
This international handbook is the first to analyze mental health policies systematically across a variety of both developed and developing countries. Mental health and public policy experts survey current policies, the public policy process, and critical issues in twenty countries that are representative of different problems. The work considers the treatment of the mentally ill and mentally retarded, mentally disordered offenses, questions of substance abuse, deinstitutionalization, funding, and consumer rights. This major reference, with its comprehensive and comparative survey, is designed for scholars, students, and professionals who deal with mental health and public policy issues.
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International Handbook on Mental Health Policy

International Handbook on Mental Health Policy

by Donna R. Kemp
International Handbook on Mental Health Policy

International Handbook on Mental Health Policy

by Donna R. Kemp

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This international handbook is the first to analyze mental health policies systematically across a variety of both developed and developing countries. Mental health and public policy experts survey current policies, the public policy process, and critical issues in twenty countries that are representative of different problems. The work considers the treatment of the mentally ill and mentally retarded, mentally disordered offenses, questions of substance abuse, deinstitutionalization, funding, and consumer rights. This major reference, with its comprehensive and comparative survey, is designed for scholars, students, and professionals who deal with mental health and public policy issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313275678
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/30/1993
Series: Contributions in Political Science
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.12(d)
Lexile: 1450L (what's this?)

About the Author

DONNA R. KEMP is Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Political Science and Public Administration, California State University at Chico. She has worked as a health planner and program manager, practiced as a family counselor, and engaged in research dealing with mental health public policy. Her previous works include Supplemental Compensation and Collective Bargaining (1987) and Employee Assistance Programs: An Annotated Bibliography (1989) as well as numerous articles dealing with mental health in professional jourbanals.

Table of Contents

Preface
An Overview of Mental Health Policy from an International Perspective
Argentina
Canada
Chile
India
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
People's Republic of China
Romania
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
United Kingdom
The United States
Zambia
Index

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