BIBFRAME Work

Title

Redesigning the US mental health care system

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Strakowski, Stephen M. (editor )
• Harris, Sydney S. (editor )

Subject

• United States (LCNAF)
• Health Services Accessibility (MESH)
• Healthcare Disparities (MESH)
• Mental Health Services (MESH)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations
• maps

Classification

• LCC: RA790.7.U5 R43 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 362.20973 (Assigner: dlc)
• NLM: WM 30 AA1 (Assigner: dnlm) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"What is commonly referred to in the U.S. as the "mental health care system" is not really a system at all. While excellent programs exist in every state, in every community across America the "system" is actually a set of fragmented services provided inequitably by a haphazard array of specialty providers, often with inadequate resources and only tenuously connected to health care systems for other health needs. Crisis is too often the first point of contact for people experiencing a mental illness, while year-over-year increases in rates of anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and death from suicide and overdose have led many to characterize the current situation as a 'pandemic' or 'epidemic' of mental illness, constituting a 'national emergency.' For youth and young adults, in late 2021 this emergency was formally recognized by the U.S. Surgeon General in the first Advisory ever issued regarding the nation's mental health"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

The Need for Improved Mental Health Care System -- The Mental Health System Living through the Experience -- The Intersection Between Mental Health and the Legal System -- Funding and Connecting Disjointed Mental Health Services to Ensure the Right Services the First Time -- Reframing the Wicked Problem of Brain Health Care Through Design -- The Architecture of a Modern Psychiatric Facility -- Building New Hospitals in Texas -- Improving Access through Collaboration and Consultation in Washington State -- Optimizing Scarce Resources through Collaboration in the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program -- The Future of Aging and Mental Health -- Health Inequalities in the Mental Health System -- Funding Mental Health Care in the US : A Story of Unnecessary Complexity -- Telemedicine Advancements : Connecting People Conveniently -- Pulling it All Together : Solutions for US Mental Health System.

Authorized Access Point

Redesigning the US mental health care system

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:58.562814+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23620751

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• Date: 2026-09-11
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• Description language: eng
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