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Better But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States since 1950
Richard G. Frank
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Description for Better But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States since 1950
Paperback. To fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JKSM; JPQB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
The past half-century has been marked by major changes in the treatment of mental illness: important advances in understanding mental illnesses, increases in spending on mental health care and support of people with mental illnesses, and the availability of new medications that are easier for the patient to tolerate. Although these changes have made things better for those who have mental illness, they are not quite enough. In Better But Not Well, Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied examine the well-being of people with mental illness in the United States over the past fifty years, ... Read more
The past half-century has been marked by major changes in the treatment of mental illness: important advances in understanding mental illnesses, increases in spending on mental health care and support of people with mental illnesses, and the availability of new medications that are easier for the patient to tolerate. Although these changes have made things better for those who have mental illness, they are not quite enough. In Better But Not Well, Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied examine the well-being of people with mental illness in the United States over the past fifty years, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
400g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801884436
SKU
V9780801884436
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About Richard G. Frank
Richard G. Frank is the Morris Professor of Health Economics at Harvard University Medical School and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Sherry A. Glied is a professor in and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
Reviews for Better But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States since 1950
Offers many insights beneficial to the informed reader.
David Mechanic
New England Journal of Medicine
The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the condition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period.
JAMA ... Read more
David Mechanic
New England Journal of Medicine
The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the condition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period.
JAMA ... Read more