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Author:   George W. Dowdall
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780791428962

ISBN 10:   0791428966
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   11 April 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface 1. State Mental Hospitals as the Organizaitonal Pivot of Policy 2. The Natural History of an Organizational Form: The State Mental Hospital 3. ""A Most Noble Charity"": The Birth of a State Asylum 4. Organizational Development: How the State Asylum Became the State Hospital 5. The State Hospital: Reform as Inertia 6. ""Trying Times of Transition:"" From State Hospital to Psychiatric Center 7. The Contemporary State Psychiatric Center: Up to Standards? 8. Public Policy and the Seriously Mentally Ill: The Future of the State Mental Hospital Appendix A: Data Sources and Methods Appendix B: Standards for State Mental Hospitals Bibliography Index"

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""The use of data to address many of the questions raised is most innovative. I believe this book would make a good contribution to the study of mental health treatment and policy."" -- Clifford L. Broman, Michigan State University

The use of data to address many of the questions raised is most innovative. I believe this book would make a good contribution to the study of mental health treatment and policy. -- Clifford L. Broman, Michigan State University

Author Information

George W. Dowdall is Professor of Sociology, St. Joseph's University and Adjunct Professor of Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine.

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