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Article: Mental Health Policy in the United States Since 1950: Better but Not Well
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- Nursing History Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Mental Health Policy in the United States Since 1950: Better but Not Well By Richard G. Frank and Sherry Glied (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) (183 pages; $39.95 cloth; $21.95 paper)
Mental Health Policy in the United States Since 1950 is a data-driven assessment of mental health care in America since 1950. It examines the changes in the lives of people with mental illness and the factors that have affected their lives. The book approaches the history of mental illness in America from a different perspective, drawing heavily on economic theories in explaining changes in the mental health field over time.
The chapters discuss economic policies that, in turn, affected mental ...