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Article: Jerry Floersch, Meds, Money and Manners: The Case Management of Severe Mental Illness.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
- Author:
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New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. $22.50 papercover, $49.50 hardcover.
The type of intervention most likely provided by social workers and other mental health professionals to individuals suffering from severe mental illness is "case management." The literature on case management practice has grown and matured over the years and has spawned a wide variety of theories and models. The same literature, Floersch points out in Meds, Money, and Matters, for the most part, argues for the effectiveness and utility of case management in improving the quality of life of individuals suffering from serious mental illness, by linking them to social, medical, and ...