‘[This book] provides a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities for all of us working with vulnerable populations to develop thoughtful, workable programs. The topics presented are not limited to the severely mentally ill, but it is an encyclopedia of resources and creative options for service to veterans, the homeless, the elderly. This book challenges us to think creatively and develop programs and services for the people in our society who are most often overlooked and forgotten.’
Alan E. Siegel , Ed.D.
Chief, Mental Health Service, MIT
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology,
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
‘[This book is] the perfect primer for anyone seeking to understand the latest trends in psychiatric care for vulnerable people today.’
Ted Houghton
Supportive Housing Network of New York
‘It is rare for a single book to discuss innovative practices that affect such a broad array of vulnerable groups, including children and families, older people and people with severe mental illness. Together, these essays allow readers to identify similarities and differences with regard to the needs of these populations, the conditions that may exacerbate their problems, and the adequacy of the programs and services designed to address their needs. It also may help readers identify lessons from innovations targeted at one group that may be helpful in another policy arena.’
Michael K. Gusmano , Ph D
Research Scholar
The Hastings Center
Vulnerable populations typically present with multiple overlapping issues, such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, or other health issues that require varying services and treatments. This book provides students and professionals in health care and service delivery with innovative programs and models to address the needs of these vulnerable populations.
This essential text offers new approaches to program design, service delivery, evaluation, and funding. Strategies for introducing these innovations-such as cross-system coordination and blended funding-are described in detail, using real, evidence-based programs from around the country as examples. Experts from across program delivery systems, as well as from academia and government, share their practice experience.
Key features:- Addresses innovative services for children and youth with multiple mental health and/or substance abuse needs
- Describes health care needs for LGBTQ youth and adults
- Examines housing issues for persons with psychiatric disabilities, veterans, and older adults
- Offers innovative program approaches for refugees, older adults, and the disabled
- Discusses the impact of new media, health literacy, and the consumer/survivor movement on service delivery
Tabella dei contenuti
‘Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I. NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES
1. Defining Severe Persistent Mental Illness: Implications for Knowledge, Needs, and Services: Implications for Knowledge, Needs, and Services
2. Innovative Programs for Consumers with Psychiatric Disabilities
SECTION II. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
3. Children, Youth, and Families: Needs and Issues
4. Model Approaches for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance: Systems of Care and Wraparound
SECTION III. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SERVICES FOR LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS
5. Sexual Minority Youth: The Heterogeneity of Health-care Needs
6. Sexual Minority Adults: Resiliencies and Vulnerabilities in Health Care
SECTION IV. NEW DIRECTIONS IN HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
7. Pathways’ Housing First: A Consumer-Driven Approach to Ending Homelessness and Promoting Recovery
8. Homeless Veterans: The Big Picture and the New York Experience
9. Housing for Older Americans
SECTION V. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS
10. Behavioral Health Issues for Older Adults: Substance Abuse and Psychiatric Disability
11. Elder Abuse: The Hidden Epidemic
SECTION VI. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SERVICES FOR REFUGEES
12. Understanding the Refugee Experience of Trauma
13. Innovative Program Approaches to Refugee Trauma
SECTION VII. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED
14. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
15. Disabled Women and Domestic Violence: Notes from the Field
SECTION VIII. CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SERVICE DELIVERY
16. Jail Diversion Models
17. Program Evaluation with Vulnerable Populations
SECTION IX. EMERGING ISSUES IN SERVICE DELIVERY
18. Mental Health Meets New Media: A Powerful New Portal for Increased Access to Mental Health Services
19. Health Literacy and Human Services Delivery
20. Transformative Impact and Initiatives of the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Movement
21. The Future of Managed Behavioral Health Care
‘Circa l’autore
Maria Messina, Ph D, is a consultant and program evaluator at SAE & Associates.Altri ebook dello stesso autore / Editore
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