Back to Institute News" Oxford University Press Releases Mental Health Services - A Public Health Perspective, Second Edition"
Oxford University Press (OUP) has just published a new book useful for courses in mental health, offering critical elements and issues of mental health, management, and service delivery within a public health framework. Co-edited by two Institute faculty, Bruce Lubotsky Levin and John Petrila, and Kevin Hennessy, Mental Health Services - A Public Health Perspective, Second Edition has been thoroughly updated and includes new chapters that deal with state mental health systems, mental health informatics, recovery as a guiding principle in the design of systems, and the specific needs and challenges of special populations.
This uniquely multidisciplinary work integrates knowledge derived from research in epidemiology, treatment methods, service systems, and public policy to delineate such a framework. The second edition has been expanded to give readers a more comprehensive understanding of the organization, financing and delivery of mental health and substance abuse services. Several new chapters deal with state mental health systems, recovery as a guiding principle in the design of systems, the evolution of mental health informatics, the importance of psychopharmacology, and the specific needs and challenges of special populations, such as individuals with co-occurring mental and addictive disorders and those in the criminal justice system who have mental disorders. The rest of the book has been thoroughly updated, including the series of chapters on the epidemiologic, treatment, and service delivery issues among various at-risk populations: children and adolescents, adults, older adults, and substance abusers. Written by national experts, this timely work will provide policymakers, administrators, clinicians, and graduate students with the knowledge base needed to manage and transform mental health service delivery systems.
The table of contents for the monograph include (Institute authors bolded):
Part I: Service Delivery Issues
1 Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Kevin D. Hennessy, & Ardis Hanson: Overview of Prevention, Integration and Parity
2 Rena Conti, Richard G. Frank, & Thomas G. McGuire: Insuring Mental Health Care in the Age of Managed Care
3 John Petrila & Bruce Lubotsky Levin: Mental Disability Law, Policy, and Service Delivery
4 Jenifer Urff: Public Mental Health Systems: Structures, Goals, and Constraints
5 Sharon Green-Hennessy & Kevin D. Hennessy: The Recovery Movement: Consumers, Families, and the Mental Health System
Part II: Selected Populations at Risk
Section A: Children and Adolescents
6 E. Jane Costello, Sarah Mustillo, Gordon Keeler, & Adrian Angold: Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
7 Robert M. Friedman, Katherine A. Best, Mary I. Armstrong, Albert J. Duchnowski, Mary E. Evans, Mario Hernandez, Sharon Hodges, & Krista B. Kutash: Child Mental Health Policy
Section B: Adults
8 Ronald Kessler, Doreen Koretz, Kathleen Merikangas, & Philip S. Wang: The Epidemiology of Adult Mental Disorders
9 Alexander S. Young & Jennifer L. Magnabosco: Services for Adults with Mental Illness
Section C: Older Adults
10 Celia F. Hybels & Dan G. Blazer: Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Older Adults
11 Stephen J. Bartels, Aricca R. Dums, & Dennis Shea: Mental Health Policy and Ageing
Section D: Substance Abuse
12 Joseph Gfroerer: Epidemiology of Substance Abuse
13 Dennis McCarty & Eldon Edmundson: The Treatment System for Alcohol and Drug Dependence
Part III: Special Issues
14 Randy Borum: Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System
15 Emily D. Ihara & David Takeo Takeuchi: Racial and Ethnic Minorities
16 Fred C. Osher: The Public Health Implications of Co-Occurring Addictive and Mental Disorders
17 Alexander L. Miller, Catherine S. Craig, M. Lynn Crismon, & Bruce Baker: Advances in Psychopharmacology and Pharmacoeconomics
Part IV: Managing Mental Health Systems
18 James E. Sorensen: Financial Management in Public Mental Health Services: A Strategic and Operational Approach
19 Ardis Hanson, Bruce Lubotsky Levin, & John Petrila: Mental Health Informatics
20 Robert G. Orwin, Howard H. Goldman: Evaluating Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services