Better But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States since 1950

Contents

Foreword ix Preface xi 1 Introduction 1 2 The Population with Mental Illness 8 3 The Evolving Technology of Mental Health Care 26 4 Health Care Financing and Income Support 48 5 The Supply of Mental Health Services 70 6 Policy Making in Mental Health: Integration, Mainstreaming, and Shifting Institutions 91 7 Assessing the Well-being of People with Mental Illness 104 8 Looking Forward: Improving the Well-being of People with Mental Illness 140 Notes 151 References 157 Index 177 c o n t e n t s This page intentionally left blank ...