The Role of the State Hospital in the Twenty-First Century: New Directions for Mental Health Services, Number 84

by William D. Spaulding

What is the appropriate role of state hospitals? Some argue that there is no legitimate role for them, that they are obsolete, inhumane, and a drain on mental health resources. Others hold that the complete elimination of state hospitals would constitute abandonment of people in great need, people who cannot get the services they require elsewhere. This volume of New Directions for Mental Health Services examines the role of state hospitals from a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787914339
• ISBN13: 9780787914332
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"