Publisher's Synopsis
Both the scope and effects of deinstitutionalization have beendramatic. This volume examines both positive and negative effectsof this mass movement of persons with severe mental illness out ofthe state hospitals and into the community. The chapters addressthe following issues: the use of community alternatives to statehospitalization; the very large numbers of persons with severemental illness who have found their way into the criminal justicesystem, why this has happened, and what to do about it; thecommunity treatment of mentally ill offenders; how to preventinappropriate entry of mentally ill persons into the criminaljustice system; the value of mental health consultation incourtroom settings; the therapeutic use of mental healthconservatorship; and finally, psychiatric rehabilitation. Althoughdeinstitutionalization for the most part can result in a muchricher life experience in the community, much more needs to be doneto make that occur.
This is the 90th issue of the Jossey-Bass series New Directionsfor Mental Health Services.
