Community Mental Health Challenges for the 21st Century

Community Mental Health is a significant interdisciplinary resource for students, practitioners, or policy planners engaged in the evaluation and development of programs in the human services. Jessica and Sam Rosenberg have carefully pulled together a book containing 22 original chapters by leading scholars, consumers, and practitioners in the community mental health field. Together, they offer a wealth of knowledge on the substantial challenges facing contemporary community mental health today. A goldmine of information for both students and practitioners of social work, psychology, sociology, psychiatry, and related disciplines, this comprehensive text includes best practice treatment models for co-occurring disorders, homelessness and mental illness, psychosocial rehabilitation, psychopharmacology, and outpatient treatment. Cutting edge for students and practitioners, this book contains the most up-to-date theory and research about community mental health.Rosenberg, Jessica is the author of 'Community Mental Health Challenges for the 21st Century', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415950114 and ISBN 0415950112.