Abstract
This paper addresses the following three issues:
The assessment of the supply and utilization of mental health facilities and services by the “working poor”, interactions within the general health/mental health services system, which influence the care of the “working poor” who have mental disorders, and the assessment of the need for mental health services by the “working poor”.
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Dr. David Baskin, previously Director of Evaluation and Research at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center/Crotona Park Community Mental Health Center, is currently the Associate Director of the Soundview—Throgs Neck CMHC, an agency of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been a regular contributor to the Journal for the past several years. This is his fourth article.
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Baskin, D. Mental illness and the working poor. Journal of Mental Health Administration 9, 29–31 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02828345
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