Comparative Mental Health Policy: From Institutional to Community Care

by Simon Goodwin

Book Overview

This book presents a comparative analysis of mental health policy in Western Europe and North America. It also considers how and why different policies have developed.

Simon Goodwin examines the transition from institutional to community-based models of care for people with mental health problems, identifying variations in the inception, pace and style in which community-based service provision has emerged in different countries. Goodwin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803977298
• ISBN13: 9780803977297
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"