Behavioral and Mental Health Care Policy and Practice

Cynthia D. Moniz is Professor Emeritus of Social Work and Department Chair at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.Stephen H. Gorin is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.

• PART I. Where We Are and How We Got HereChapter 1. Mental Health under the Affordable Care ActChapter 2. The Early Years: From the Mental Hygiene Movement to NIMHChapter 3. Medicare, Medicaid and Community Mental HealthChapter 4. The Cost of Health Care and Strategies for ContainmentChapter 5. Structure and Funding of Behavioral and Mental Health Care System PART II. Policy Practice: Advancing Access to Behavioral and MentalHealth CareChapter 6. Social Workers and Policy Practice: Affecting Policy and Achieving Policy ActionChapter 7. Analyzing the Problem: Access Chapter 8. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for People of Color and LatinosChapter 9. Analyzing the Problem: Gender Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health Chapter 10. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for Children and YouthChapter 11. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for Older AdultsChapter 12. Analyzing the Problem: Disparities in Behavioral and Mental Health for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT)Chapter 13. Advocating for Policies that Expand Coverage, Control Costs, and Build a Strong Community-Based Behavioral and Mental Health System

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