Research Catalog

Title

Mental health : a report of the Surgeon General.

Publication

Rockville, Md. : Dept. of Health and Human Services, U. S. Public Health Service ; Pittsburgh, PA : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., [1999]

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Details

Additional Authors

• United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General.
• Center for Mental Health Services (U.S.)
• National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)

Description

xvi, 487 pages : illustrations

Subject

• Mental Health
• Mental Disorders
• Mental Health Services
• Mental health > United States
• Mental health services > United States
• Mental illness > United States
• United States

Note

• "Prepared by the Dept. of Health and Human Services under the direction of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services in partnership with the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health"--P. vii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Available also on the internet.
• Also available online from the Office of the Surgeon General's Virtual Website. Address as of 1/29/2003: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html; current access via PURL.

Contents

Introduction and themes -- The fundamentals of mental health and mental illness -- Children and mental health -- Adults and mental health -- Older adults and mental health -- Organizing and financing mental health services -- Confidentiality of mental health information : ethical, legal, and policy issues -- A vision for the future.

OCLC

• ocm43285691
• SCSB-4373666

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries