Description
Builds on introductory concepts and techniques employed in clinical work with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, including those who have substance abuse problems. The course will examine the primary social, political, economic, legal, and philosophical forces that have influenced mental health delivery in the United States over different historical time periods and the resulting organizational, the interface with other major service delivery systems, including welfare, criminal justice, primary health care, and social security will be addressed. This course will focus on policies and policy issues that define and influence the care and treatment of persons with mental illness from colonial times to the present. Topics to be included will be deinstitutionalization, managed care, psychiatric rehabilitation, cultural issues and disparities of care, services, professional certification and roles. Social aspects of health and illness, including cultural variations, heal