Title 40 years of academic public psychiatry / editors, Selby C. Jacobs and Ezra E.H. Griffith.

Descript 1 online resource (xxvii, 210 pages) Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents The Connecticut Mental Health Center as a public psychiatry initiative / Selby C. Jacobs and Ezra E.H. Griffith -- Severe and persistent mental illness / Bruce Wexler [and others] -- Connecticut Mental Health Center clinical, research, and training programs in the addictions / Richard Schottenfeld [and others] -- The law and psychiatry division at the Connecticut Mental Health Center / Howard V. Zonana and Madelon V. Baranoski -- The neuroscience research program at the Connecticut Mental Health Center / George R. Heninger [and others] -- Psychiatric epidemiology, services research, prevention, and public health / Selby C. Jacobs [and others] -- Ethnicity, mental health care disparities, and culturally competent care at the Connecticut Mental Health Center / Howard C. Blue [and others] -- A public-academic partnership at the Connecticut Mental Health Center / Wayne F. Dailey [and others] -- Public psychiatry training and education at the Connecticut Mental Health Center / Jeanne Steiner [and others] -- The future of academic public psychiatry / Selby C. Jacobs and Ezra E.H. Griffith -- Academic-public partnership from a British perspective / Ajoy Thachil and Dinesh Bhugra. Summary This book describes an outstanding training programme in public psychiatry developed by the Connecticut Mental Health Center. It is a worthwhile and valuable contribution to the field that has no current equivalent in the market. The book suggests a plan for the future of public sector psychiatry and serves as a model to centers throughout North America and further afield. It describes the impact of the Connecticut Mental Health Center on psychiatric service models in the public sector. Note English. Local Note John Wiley and Sons Wiley Online Library UBCM All Obooks Marc m o d 101317689 DNLM Subject Connecticut Mental Health Center -- History. Connecticut Mental Health Center Connecticut Mental Health Center Community psychiatry -- Connecticut -- History. Community mental health services -- Connecticut -- History. Academic medical centers -- Connecticut -- History. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. MEDICAL -- Mental Health. Academic medical centers Community mental health services Community psychiatry Connecticut Geschichte 1967-2007 Alt Author Jacobs, Selby, 1939- Griffith, Ezra E. H., 1942- Alt Title Forty years of academic public psychiatry ISBN 9780470994573 (electronic bk.) 0470994576 (electronic bk.) 9780470994580 0470994584 1281320366 9781281320360 9780470987674 (alk. paper) 0470987677 (alk. paper) 9786611320362 6611320369