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Publisher's Letter

Publisher's Letter William B. Walsh M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

From The Editor Jane White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Mental health policy in America: myths and realities G N Grob [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring the need for mental health care G L Klerman, M Olfson, A C Leon, and M M Weissman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Challenges in state mental health policy and administration D Mechanic and R C Surles [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons from the program on chronic mental illness H H Goldman, J P Morrissey, M S Ridgely, R G Frank, S J Newman, and C Kennedy [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New futures for mental health care: the case of Ohio M F Hogan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reform issues for insuring mental health care S S Sharfstein and A M Stoline [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A model mental health benefit in private health insurance R G Frank, H H Goldman, and T G McGuire [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Treating Depression And Anxiety In The Primary Care Setting Leon Eisenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Pharmacology: Policy Implications Of New Psychiatric Drugs Daniel X. Freedman and Stephen M. Stahl [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Key Issues And Future Policy William A. Anthony [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: On The Abolishment Of The Case Manager Leonard I. Stein [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Promoting and sustaining the health of the mind D J Prager and L J Scallet [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Challenges for child and adolescent mental health R M Friedman and K Kutash [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insurance coverage for drug abuse J A Rogowski [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Patterns of use and costs among severely mentally ill people D M Steinwachs, J D Kasper, and E A Skinner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public attitudes toward persons with mental illness A B Borinstein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact of managed care on mental health services B Dickey and H Azeni [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A five-nation perspective on the elderly D Rowland [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact of the Medicare physician fee schedule D C Colby [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Observations from the program on chronic mental illness M F Shore and M D Cohen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants And Grant Outcomes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the U.S. health system L O Gostin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Response: Americans With Disabilities Act: Lessons For The Future William L. Roper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications And Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

The Asylum In America: From Egg To Earth Charles E. Rosenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Return To Constructive Debate On U.S./Canadian Health Spending John F. Sheils, Gary J. Young, and Robert J. Rubin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Case For Community Rating Raymond A. Savage [Reprints & Permissions]

The Limits Of Community Rating: Authors' Response Catherine G. McLaughlin and Wendy K. Zellers [Reprints & Permissions]

Case Management In Washington, D.C Jonas Morris [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors