Public and private responsibility for mental health services.

1989 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1133-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Bickman ◽  
Paul R. Dokecki
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Public And Private

Population needs for mental health services. Introduction to the theme

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (S1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Ville Lehtinen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Public And Private

All over the world large sums of both public and private money are expended on the operation of psychiatric health care services. In most of the European countries mental health care expenditures, as well as the total health care budget, increased quite rapidly during the 80s. But in the 90s the economic recession has forced to cut down costs which has meant a decrease in mental health resources and, evidently, an increase of the unmet need for these services in the population.The problem is that the development of mental health services has been, for the most part, merely accidental and random, usually not clearly planned and based neither on real knowledge of the population needs nor on setting priorities when all needs can not be satisfied. During the period of increasing resources there was no real need for priority setting; somewhat exaggerating one can say that every emerging demand for services could be met by allocating new resources. During the recession, on the other hand, the cutting of costs have been the main goal, leading again to an unplanned development: the cuts of resources have been rather forced and panicky, not based on consideration of true population needs or the consequences of the development.

Hotlines and Mental Health Services

Crisis ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Mary Frances Seeley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services
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