Commentary: The mental health movement in the United States.

1989 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-552
Author(s):  
Rosalynn Carter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Movement

The Amazing Careers of Hincks and Beers

1982 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 668-671
Author(s):  
John D. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Movement ◽  
Manic Depressive

The personalities and mental health problems of Clifford W. Beers and Clarence M. Hincks are described. Both became internationally acclaimed leaders in the development of the voluntary mental health movement in the United States and Canada. Both had sudden and dramatic onsets of mental disorder during early adulthood. Both had cyclothymic personalities, the down swings being sufficiently serious to interrupt their work. Beers’ initial breakdown developed into a profound mental illness requiring institutional care for three years. The final diagnosis was manic-depressive psychosis. Hincks was never psychotic although his repeated depressions were often deep and painful. Both were very creative and achieved remarkable success in spite of significant mental health handicaps.

Mental health services providers' distribution across counties in the United States.

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1424-1434 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Knesper ◽  
John R. Wheeler ◽  
David J. Pagnucco
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
The United States

Formulating another’s report of troubles in peer support

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Pudlinski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Telephone Support ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Professional Perspective

This study stems from an interest in peer support talk, an underexplored area of research, and in how supportive actions such as formulated summaries function in comparison to more professional healthcare settings. Using conversation analysis, this study explores 35 instances of formulations within 65 calls to four different ‘warm lines’, a term for peer-to-peer telephone support within the community mental health system in the United States. Formulations can be characterized across two related axes: client versus professional perspective, and directive versus nondirective. The findings show that formulations within peer support were overwhelmingly nondirective, in terms of meeting institutional agendas to let callers talk. However, formulations ranged from client-oriented ones that highlight or repeat caller reports to those which transform caller reports through integrating past caller experiences or implicit caller emotions. These tactics are found to have similarities to how formulations function in professional healthcare settings.

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