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Managing madness in the community :

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Managing madness in the community :

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the challenge of contemporary mental health care /

Kerry Michael Dobransky

xiii, 171 pages ;

24 cm

Critical issues in health and medicine

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165) and index

Introduction -- Logic and constraint -- Diagnosis, labeling and social control -- Empowerment practice, practical empowerment -- The realities of community integration -- The right person for the job -- Conclusion

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"While mental illness and mental health care are increasingly recognized and accepted in today's society, awareness of the most severely mentally ill--as well as those who care for them--is still dominated by stereotypes. Managing Madness in the Community dispels the myth. Readers will see how treatment options often depend on the social status, race, and gender of both clients and carers; how ideas in the field of mental health care--conflicting priorities and approaches--actually affect what happens on the ground; and how, amid the competing demands of clients and families, government agencies, bureaucrats and advocates, the fragmented American mental health system really works--or doesn't. In the wake of movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Shutter Island, most people picture the severely or chronically mentally ill being treated in cold, remote, and forbidding facilities. But the reality is very different. Today the majority of deeply troubled mental patients get treatment in nonprofit community organizations. And it is to two such organizations in the Midwest that this study looks for answers. Drawing upon a wealth of unique evidence--fifteen months of ethnographic observations, 91 interviews with clients and workers, and a range of documents--Managing Madness in the Community lays bare the sometimes disturbing nature and effects of our overly complex and disconnected mental health system." -- Publisher's description

Community mental health services-- United States

Mentally ill-- Care-- United States

Social integration-- United States

Community Integration

Community Mental Health Services-- organization & administration

Mental Disorders-- therapy

Mentally Ill Persons

United States

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Dobransky, Kerry Michael,1976-

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