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Redressing the Emperor: Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System (Contemporary Psychology)

By John Lyons

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0275981436, 9780275981433
Open Library ID
OL9327147M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15695228 bytes)
Pages
288\282
Topic
Psychology
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Lyons presents a fresh and thought-provoking understanding of the children's public mental health system and the need to spur change so help it "evolve" into a far better system. Reaching back past the early 19th century case of the Wild Boy of Aveyron, which demonstrated the potentially therapeutic effects of environment, Lyons highlights the history of child mental health systems, including 19th century roots of the U.S. system. He shows us why modern leaders and Presidents have issued calls for improvements - or "evolution" - of the system here. Barriers have, however, slowed or stopped the evolution. Those barrers could be removed, Lyons explains, with community development and better clinical outcomes management.

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