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Economic Perspectives on the Organization and Governance of Mental Health Care

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This chapter examines the allocation of responsibilities for meeting the needs of people experiencing a mental disorder. These responsibilities have shifted among the private and public sectors; federal, state, and local governments; and between the mainstream of health policy and specialized policymaking. In general, the organization of the system that treats and addresses the needs of people with mental illnesses is far more complex, and involves more actors, than the comparable organization of the systems that address the problems of people with other types of health conditions, but over time, the systems have become more similar. This evolution reflects both changes in treatment practices and changes in societal attitudes and programs.

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  1. Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Sherry A. Glied

  2. Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Richard G. Frank

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    Howard H. Goldman

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    Richard G. Frank

  3. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joseph P. Morrissey

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Glied, S.A., Frank, R.G. (2020). Economic Perspectives on the Organization and Governance of Mental Health Care. In: Goldman, H., Frank, R., Morrissey, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of American Mental Health Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11908-9_3

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